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[quote=Anonymous]I’m married to an addict who will have 13 years in recovery this September.  I would say that it’s like any other relapsing, remitting kind of illness like MS or lupus.  It doesn’t take over your day to day life, but it’s always kind of in the back of your mind.  
 
If you are going to be with an addict, you have to have good boundaries, realize that their illness isn’t your fault, and know that they might die from this, and, again, that isn’t your fault.

A good friend of ours that DH knew from AA and that I knew from church and our kids school just died from an overdose a few weeks ago.  He had been sober 14 years and no one knew he had relapsed.  He was a great man with a dynamic personality who really did wonderful things for the recovery community, particularly those who were homeless or with small children, in the time he was sober.  3,000 people came to his funeral and more watched over a livestream from the church.

I doubt that his wife regretted marrying him, even though his addiction took him much too soon.

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