For the last twenty-three years, I felt it was up to me to help the addict to overcome his problem and to make his life a little easier in any way I could. He left home at the tender age of fifteen by his own choice after experimenting with marijuana and alcohol. I am sure he stopped maturing then, as the following twenty-three years were pretty much a series of successes and failures with work and two failed relationships due to his inability to cope with everyday life. His drug abuse seemed to escalate and that is when my life became unmanageable and insane. I devoted every waking moment to analyzing, and mentally repairing the addict. I soon found that I could no longer go on this way…
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