I am trying to let go of my recent ex, who is a “recovering” (I say that loosely as he has relapsed many times while living in sober homes for the past 2 years, but is trying) addict, who I lived with for a year and a half prior to him really hurting me financially and emotionally months before he went into rehab when I decided to move out. We ended up back together and have been together for his entire rehab journey up until new years this year when I realized I couldn’t do the ups and downs, disappearing acts, less than bare minimum effort on me, but have remained friends until now. He has been talking to this, his words, married women who is also in recovery and a mental health counselor who is being abused by her husband, for no less than an hour up to 3 1/2 hours a day but claims that there is nothing going on. It shouldn’t hurt me but it does hurt to see him put so much effort into another woman when he never put that much talk time into me.
Long story short, I need book recommendations to help me let go and move on.
I’ve kind of read Mel Robbin’s The Let Them Theory, have already read Maybe you should talk to someone and loved it long ago. Thanks for listening and recommendations!
by Anonateacher