I lost the love of my life, my true soul mate. What an amazing woman she is. I see her in every girl I look at... in my mind, no other woman can even compare to her.
We broke up just over 2 months ago basically because I continually spent the majority of my salary on gear. We lived together and I always paid my share of the bills. She is a doctor and works long days/weekends/nights/etc so we didn't get a whole lot of time together anyway but when we did I had no money as I'd spent it all on gear. She was incredible to stick with me and give me over a year to try and quit but I think after a year of living together with me having a H habit and never having money (I always bought presents for all occasions but going out for dinner wasn't my priority).
She gave me such a long time to quit and I tried (on my own, with no help at all) but I kept relapsing. Now that I have lost her, I have entered treatment and am on my way to sorting myself out but I am still some time away from getting totally clean.
On the positive side, we stick talk a few times a week (opposed to multiple times a day when we were together and apart from a few days for whatever reason, i.e. I was working away from home). We still see each other every month, as much as possible with her bizarre work schedule. Normally about twice. The difference is I now have cash to spend so I can treat her to dinner, cinema, drinks, etc, etc.
I am trying hard to show her that I am winning the battle against my addiction. She has told me she still loves me and cares for me but "it isn't enough anymore" (whatever that means).
Hopefully, with time... the pain I caused her by ruining her trust through constant lies (about my addiction/recovery) and all the other problems that come with living with an addict (apart from stealing, which I haven't done). Anyway, enough time will hopefully heal that pain and providing I keep in contact and keep showing her that I am improving and every day I win the war against my addiction just that little bit more then maybe in 6months or so, I can convince her to let me in a bit and let me start over and try to win her affection back too!
Due to an awful decision to use H a good few years ago, I ended up making a decision of favouring my habit over my wonderful girlfriend. Sure it wasn't me that made the decision... it was the H and what they did to my mind but at the end of the day it is my fault. I know that and I just need to show her that I have ended that entire part of my life and it will never come back.
I love her so much and if I could go back and have another chance... I would fight the H habit with every ounce of strength in me.
Sorry to ramble so much... hopefully someone will read this and they may be in a similar position to the one I was in and they will realise how much that person means to them and how much damage those lies (that seem simple and harmless to you as an addict) can actually do.
On another positive side, losing her was one of the final pieces of wood holding me up from hitting rock bottom and once I lost her, everything else went too and I really hit rock bottom and finally entered a real treatment program which I am currently going through. I visit a private addiction clinic every fortnight and have so much believe in their methods and myself that I truly believe it will work out!