Letting go was one of the most difficult lessons I had to learn. I felt strongly that if I could control the behavior of the people in my life then my life and my world would be better. I truly thought I would be the happiest person in the world if my husband would live his life the way I wanted him to live it. I believed with all my heart and soul that if he would stop using drugs everything would be all right. I assumed his abuse of drugs was the reason I was unhappy and miserable…

 

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