About four years ago, in desperation I tried to kill my husband because of his addiction. Realizing that something was wrong, I went to see a psychiatrist. After the one-hour session talking about my husband, she suggested I attend a Twelve Step program and that program led me to Nar-Anon. The Nar-Anon program taught me that I needed to fix myself, not my husband. When I started to work on me, positive things started to happen in my life. One of the most important for me is friendship. During the 20-plus years of marriage, I lived in isolation because I did not want people to know I was married to an addict…
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