When things began to look up, you grabbed me by the ankles and pulled me right back into the mess. When I wanted to change for the better, you told me I couldn’t live without you. You made me into the person I said I would never become. You made me do things I never thought I would be capable of doing. You told me everything would be just fine if I would let you control my life. I remember when you first came into my life. I thought you would ease the pain of my youth and make my present pain go away.

“It was a nightmare, nowhere to run, people doing stories on me. I went to a doctor, told them I’m not myself. I didn’t want to go horse riding, sleeping all the time. The 42-year-old, who recently spent her first Christmas sober after giving up alcohol with boyfriend Carl Woods, 31, opened about her experience. The mother-of-five reflected on finding the “strength” to ask for help when she found herself “self-medicating” with drugs. “My behavior is so impossible to predict, it is unbelievable,” he wrote. As he wrote, the nature of his work “almost embraced my addictions.” Glover’s 72-hour hold at the hospital was extended to a 14-day stay, which he didn’t complete before transferring to rehab.

What is a goodbye letter?

And the obsession is gone; I goodbye letter to addiction miss you. I’m responsible for my own behavior now. I know I’ll never completely forget my first love – no one ever really does. The longer you use heroin, the more severe your withdrawal symptoms will likely be. It took me a very long time to realize that no matter how much I gave you, it would never be enough. Over time, you destroyed my career, friendships, family relationship, and my freedom.

We are no longer taking on your name as we move away from you either. You don’t get to claim us as “Alcohol-ics,” anymore.

Online Therapy

I no longer feel weighed down by you and have since found clarity and purpose. I mastered your ways, the spell you cast on others and how you grip down on people with your deceitful tricks. Because of this mastery, I’m now able to help others break loose from your chains too.

I tried to leave you so many times; but you just dragged me back into your pit of Hell time and time again. You had me convinced that I could do anything that I wanted to. But the real truth was that my addiction to you was always in charge. This helps to physically put things in perspective, especially being able to visualize the thoughts and behaviors that have been causing so much trouble. What you do with your completed letter is up to you. Many people choose to keep the letter in a safe place where they can revisit it occasionally for inspiration or to see how far they’ve come since writing it.