Significant Others in Recovery.

i’m about to write a lot because i’m a girlfriend or i don’t even know what i am anymore, but apologize to her. Put up a little effort or fight to get her back. I promise she will make it worth it despite whatever problems you guys may have. I wish me and my boyfriend were in this same boat. As a girlfriend of a guy whose one month and 15 days clean and lost on what to do. I dated him through his 2 year addiction, and though not as crazy or as bad as others it was hard. hard to see hard to sleep with and just hard to know. I’m ready to walk away, nothing i seem to do i can do it right, i feel like i can’t talk to him, i feel like he doesn’t care, i feel like i don’t have a right to be upset or like what i went through wasn’t anything. i’ve been cheated on lied to etc i was also angry always angry just stressed out ,hurt. i lost it a little bit early on because i didn’t know how to handle it, i didn’t think he was ever gonna change towards me but he did. i’ve apologized for things and i’ve been trying to make it up but he just keeps hurting me little by little. i don’t know this new guy he’s angry and he’s not as gentle with me. he does feel like the guys i knew back in 2020. i know he’s going through a hard time and i’m trying to understand that, but every time i bring up anything he kinda acts like it’s a bother, we go back and forth and im trying to change and i understand i’m not his first priority which is ok with me but it does suck to see how things are going, i don’t get called pretty anymore, i barely get told that he misses me, we live 20 mins away and i feel like i’m doing long distance i know his schedule is busy i understand that but everyone getting time over me kinda sucks. i know i can handle things better i am not perfect but i just wanna know where i fit in, im ready to walk away too. because honestly i don’t know if he would care. i don’t wanna fight with him at all but his actions and what feel like false promises anymore, have made me upset and i feel like if i stop saying anything or talking to him that’ll be that. i love him more than anything but it’s gotten to a point where i feel like his life would be better without me in it. i feel nothing more than just a burden in his life anymore. maybe there were times i didn’t need to be angry or upset but it was hard, i didn’t feel good enough while he was on or off. i thought the clouds were gonna clear for us, i was ready to do anything and it just didn’t happen that way. but i’m telling you if i seen my boyfriend say anything like this about things it would make things lot better. if she gives you the chance, call her more often, don’t wanna be on your phone like that text her something romantic let her know that everything is going to be alright between you two and that she no longer has to worry, talk to her when things get hard for you, she will be willing to help, buy her flowers. just do or say something. i promise she will make it worth every second, give her a chance to be happy with you and not worry but do not make her feel like her feelings are invalid and take the time to try and explain what you’re also going through because if she’s never had to deal with it she has no idea. these are the little things i wish my boyfriend would do. which has led me too letting him go. i’m gonna let him do what he wants and i’m no longer begging or saying anything. if he wants to reach out to me he will, if he wants to try he will. but if not i will find someone else who deserves the time and that me.

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