Dear Dan
I love you. I know that I always will. What I don't know is if we can ever be together again. I can only control my end of things. I can't be in a domestic partnership with you as things are. I can't be any more than just friends with benefits until I'm confident that you've gone through recovery and have established a pattern of living autonomously, sober and empowered from within. That will take some time and it will not be easy for you. I will be your friend(with benefits if you want) as you walk through this journey, but I won't be able to live under the same roof as you during this process. We've tried it several times before and it doesn't work out because our relationship is still co-dependent in many ways and I am an enabler. I care about you so much and I know you can do it. I want to be with you again someday, but I know that can't happen until you make some lasting changes. I am going to continue to work on myself too. Even though I want t...