From the outside, it looked like love, but behind closed doors, it was an emotionally draining and deeply unstable relationship.

Laura’s story this week is about her former partner’s addiction and how it created a cycle of denial, manipulation, and broken promises. Every relapse brought another round of apologies, and every apology gave her hope things might finally change. But they didn’t.

Eventually, she came to a difficult truth that no amount of love can fix someone who isn’t willing to face their own demons. She exhausted herself trying to support him, losing pieces of herself along the way.