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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone please recommend how to overcome addiction to an addict? I became deeply emotionally attached to a man in the work environment, not knowing about his addiction to alcohol and drugs. Now that I know about that, both my therapist and my boss told me to stay away from that man because they wouldn’t touch him with a ten feet pole.
I’m staying away but it hurts like hell. I’m shaking and crying and can’t function normally. [/quote]

Look up recovery programs for co-dependency and maybe try a program like al-anon to help you process your relationship to the addict and why you'd want to stay with someone who wasn't good to or for you. [/quote]
I deeply attached to him before knowing about his addictions. Now I agree that he isn’t good for me and has cut the contact - and this is what hurts so much! I feel so bonded with him emotionally. [/quote]

This feeling happens with every breakup.  This is the feeling you have when you have to leave your baby to go to work.  Or when you find out that your mom is going to die.  
This kind of pain is part of life.

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I haven’t felt this with my babies or mother (she passed away a few years ago). This man feels like a part of myself that I had to cut off with a knife. He is the first person in my life that I have felt emotionally close to. [/quote]

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