Why Loving an Addict Makes You Feel Crazy #addictionrecovery #boundaries #recoveryjourney

It's a lot of things. There are a lot of boundaries, there are a lot of reasons that we can't do the things that we should, need, or ought to do. And I'm gonna say, take those words out of your vocabulary, but certainly when it comes to what I should do, what I need to do, and give yourself that permission. But otherwise what happens is we develop our own anxiety. We feel crazy, we feel confused, we are paralyzed, we are overanalyzing, we're exhausted and we're tired and we're sad. And we're angry and we're a lot of things that just don't make sense. They're not worth continuing, right? So we gotta stop and give ourselves permission and the relief that comes from that to understanding addiction, that we are actually good spouses and partners. We are actually good parents, good people in general. We're just dealing with really, really, really horrible brain disease that is constantly validating and rationalizing our loved one's choices.