Why Didn't You Just Leave?
Toxic relationships can haunt you for years. They're not always physically, it's not always one-sided, and it's not always able to be understood. It does not discriminate between gender, color, nor race. You will never think it could be you. Once it is you, though, you still won't know it.
When my Nany passed in late 2012: I fell off. Not many people noticed because I was great at hiding it. Too good. Let me be clear, however, that that is no excuse for the person I became.
Early 2013 I met someone who was also in pain and me being me I thought: "I can fix him, I get it."
It was forbidden to say the least and as time went on I became more engrossed in myself, in numbing the pain, and unfortunately in him. I became someone I didn't know. Drugs were prominent in my lifestyle. I had no morals. I had no motivation. I dropped out of college. I moved to Brunswick. I isolated myself from my friends, and my family. I isolated myself from my go...