My best friend has been spiraling with cocaine for two years and I've been covering for her at work and lying to her family about why she cancels plans. I know I'm enabling her but I'm terrified that if I stop protecting her she'll disappear completely, and I can't live with that possibility.
More people experience this than they realize.
Love and loyalty can transform into a prison where protecting someone from consequences becomes complicity in their destruction.
“Where Are You with Love and addiction?”
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