I'm always curious about the partners of people who stay with those going through addiction. I had a friend who was an alcoholic. He dealt with a lot of physical abuse in his childhood and was struggling with his identity, and it manifested as an alcohol problem when we were in college. It was so tough because he was a good guy when he didn't drink and our friendship circle was so supportive of whatever his life choices were but it just became worse and worse to the point where we had an actual intervention with him. I cannot imagine if this was a boyfriend or a husband the strain that would put on you, because at least with a friend, he goes off to his own house, but when you're the partner of someone and you have to deal with it everyday, how do you cope or maybe you didn't cope, and you kicked them out.
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