He has 15 years clean from meth. I was trying to get off opioids after 17 years. He didn’t get it. It was ruff. He would call me while I’m in rehab and say stuff like, “are we done after you get out?” Constantly. He was even jealous of the counselor. He had so many insecurities because he was used to me being a train wreck and he my savior. If I got clean.. then what? Right? Believe it or not, those were truly terrible days with him. Fast forward 5 years and we are engaged now. And doing great. It can happen.
On a side note. My daughter, at the time, was a teenager. A lot had happened there. She didn’t really know if she liked me clean and sober because she said she didn’t know me. Who was this new person. However, today we are just about best friends.