Substance Abuse and Addiction
- Considering Divorce, Family Dynamics, Financial Challenges, Infidelity, Love Languages, School and Work, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Therapy
How to Deal with Addiction in a Relationship
by Anonymous This anonymous author shares her battle to save her marriage. What began with overworking led to family problems, drugs, guns, cheating, and zero quality time. This author didn’t give up. Both she and her husband put in an extraordinary effort to save their marriage… My husband and I have been married for almost 13 years and we have 3 kids. As of right now our marriage is still a little rocky but we are learning as we go. Every hour. Every day. Every month. Every year. I will try and sum up what we went through, and are STILL going through. When Your Husband is Addicted to Work…
- Death, Divorce, Falling Out of Love, Infidelity, Marrying Young, Prior Marriage, Raising Children, Separation, Substance Abuse and Addiction
New Video: Can High School Sweethearts Reunite?
In this video, Jamie shares her real-life answer to the question: Can high school sweethearts reunite? Her true story about marriage, divorce, death, and new beginnings is both riveting and relatable. Thank you for sharing your experience with marriage with us. What do you think based on your experience? Can high school sweethearts reunite successfully? If you’re happily married to your high school sweetheart, drop a comment below!
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Stay or Go? – Debating Divorce, Debilitating Addiction by Anonymous
I started off the year 2015 as a recent divorcee from a verbally abusive marriage, and honestly, I was wanting to be loved! I started going back to church to truly work on myself. I attended a church that was specifically for young single adults (known as a YSA ward in “Mormon” lingo). When I first started attending, all I could think of myself was as “damaged goods.” As the months passed by, I met Chad. Chad was the SWEETEST man I had ever met. We grew close, and eventually it turned into a passionate relationship. I confided in him my divorce and the reasons for it, and he was…
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Finding Strength Part I: Story about Eating Disorders and Substance Abuse in Marriage, Losing a Loved One
by Anonymous Before explaining her marriage story, this author shares her struggle with anorexia. Personal stories like these can help women suffering with an eating disorder understand they are not alone. Eating disorders can also affect long-term relationships. This author also shares her substance abuse and depression story, which occurred shortly after losing one of the most important people in her life. All of this information is necessary to understand her unique marriage (explained in Part 2). Every little girl grows up fantasizing about finding a handsome man who will sweep her off her feet. And that together they will build a beautiful life and live happily ever after. I’m…
- Blending Families, Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, Dating, Raising Children, Single Motherhood, Substance Abuse and Addiction
Drug Addiction in Relationships: Stories about Recovering Addicts and Relationships
By Shealynd Have you ever had to worry about how to deal with drug addiction in a relationship? Shealynd has. Our strong anonymous author shares her stories about not one, but two recovering addicts and relationships. Drug addiction in relationships can cause heartbreak and struggle, especially when families and children are involved. Here is her story. A Ruined Engagement: Recovering Addicts and Relationships My life is not how I imagined it would be. Not even close. I’m not married. I never imagined I would be 27 with a three-year-old daughter and still have my dad’s last name. Marriage has come close a few different times. The closest would be July…
- Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, Marrying Young, Mental Illness, Pornography Addiction, Raising Children, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Trust Issues
Worth the Fight: Substance Abuse in Relationships, Fight the New Drug, Mine and My Husband’s Addiction by Amelia
Part I: The First Date Phase He was my best friend’s brother, six years older than me, and the mysterious cute guy who occasionally showed up to church. I wasn’t even a senior in high school, and he must have had lots of life experience by then. But I wanted to get to know him. Two years later, I walked down the aisle to the handsome man I was too scared to talk to a few years before. I was a young bride, only 19 years old, but I knew that was where I wanted to be. We have been through so much together and many hard trials have come…