I lost my fiancee to drugs and alcohol! Posted: 03-06-08 11:41am
I will try to be brief, but i admit this
is the most painful things i have gone
through in my life. My fiancee and I had
been together 2 years. From the begining I
knew she drank too much on occasion. I
also knew she had some serious issues in
her past with drugs. But being a person in
recovery, I was accepting and I knew my
presence in her life helped her not drink
much at all and not use drugs. We were
very happy together. We had our problems
but were ok. Then we had our first alcohol
related incident and it was bad, she got
violent and nasty but i was able to get
her to control herself and get to sleep
that night but it was the first major
warning sign. But i stood in there cause i
knew what it was liek to be abandoned due
to my former usage. I stayed and things
were fine for a while but the beast within
would show its face from time to time
getting worse with each time. Then months
would go by and nothing. Her parents and I
were very very close and they were so
happy we were going to get married they
knew i was sober and loved me for it. I
also think they finally had someone around
their daughter who was sober and mature
and who they knew looked out for her best
interests.
My fiancee admitted to me one day about
spending time in a mental fascility and I
reassured her that it was cool and i was
so proud of her for doing the right thing
for herself then. I also let her know that
no matter what i wouldn't abandon her. I
would stay by her side and i did. Through,
all types of violent, non violent , and
just horrible emotional episodes i never
left her side. She relied on me for
everything! It was taxing but i love her.
I realized that she had very little coping
skils and always relied on myself or her
parents whom are financially well off. But
i started to catch her in lies. She stole
money, she wouldnt pay bills for months.
She would hide money and many times
disappear for hours at a time.
I would try to reach her and when i
finally woudl get her on the phone she
would be defensive and nasty, but if i
were unable to pick up my phone the would
call me incessantly! over an dover and
over again, getting nastier with each call
also she would call my job and hang up
over and over again!
Her mother and i were very close! Super
close! She even shared secrets with me
that i have still kept. She was a mother
to me like no one ever was.
To fast forward a bit my fiancee always
seemed to have a problem with someone,
almost everyday there was some sort of
drama in her life with someone with her
always being the victim. I started to
notice her coming home at night with the
sniffles everyday and for someone that
never got sick she was now sick, tired and
moody at all times. I knew the signs, i
tried to talk to her mother about them but
i was rebuffed. The mood swings got worse
and worse. But i was holding on and we
planned ahead with our wedding. She was
involved in a project and i started to
notice even more changes in her, alot of
the people involved in the project were
heavy dirnker sna pot smokers and used
other drugs too. I noticed more chnages in
her she started lying to people all the
time and if i questioned her why she would
get nasty.
The holidays were a very lonely time for
me, she had regressed into just doiung her
project working three hours a day, and
only sitting home and reading gossip
websites and watching intervention on tv.
but i was supportive and loving and
affectionate with through out all of this.
Long story short she got violent with me
again and nastier with me again even using
racial slurs against me (she is Caucasian
and i am racially mixed) I kept trying to
help her in little ways and be supportive
and caring, but she just became more and
more arrogant. Sadly on Christmas she had
a huge falling out with her brother on the
front lawn of her parents home. One now i
am being blamed for because i was
indifferent about whether or not to go too
another party with them where drugs and
alcohol were being served to put it
kindly. I have found out since that my
fiancee has slept with some of her
brothers friends in the past and that made
sense because they were always a little
weird with me and always tried to be kind
of tough around me..You know always trying
to size me up.
Anyways her own mother implored her to
stop drinking after this event but it just
made her more angry and more resistant.
Things at home started to deteriorate
rapidly. Everything i said or did was
wrong, all i did was work 10 -15 hours a
day 6 to 7 days a week to cover the things
she was no longer willing to do or pay
for. Which was fine with me, her parents
bought us the home as a gift for our
upcoming wedding and i was very thankful
to them and would take care of their
daughter always.
Then i found out some of her behavior had
caused me a problem at work and i got
upset one day and when i went to an event
in regards to he project (one which i was
verbally accosted for not wanting to drink
or use drugs) I gave her a tiny taste of
her own medicine...i did it very kindly
but she went off the deep end with it. and
since then well she has lied, and turned
her family on me and other people as well.
I have been kind and loving towards her
and her family and they have all now
turned to constantly harassing me with
phones call and txt msgs and i have tried
to get her help to no avail i tried ot
talk to her parents they are in denial ,
and my fiancee beat me to them so they
think i am crazy. I am wondering if i am.
I fell of the wagon for exactly 14 days. I
never got drunk ever never having more
than three drinks in a 5 hour time span
but my 3 years of sobriety went out the
window, im back in the program. and i am
fine.
I fear for her safety as she has sent me
many txt msgs and emails describing her
drunken forays, and listing her drugs of
choice and liquors of choice as well. Her
so-called friends most of which are under
age drinkers. (she is soon to be 29) and
drug users applaud her and push her to
drink and party more. Her own siblings
pushing for her to party more doesnt help
either.
Before all this happened her brother would
regularly challenge her to drink wildly
and act out and always referred to me as
the old ball and chain. He also would put
her down for not going out and partying
all night. it was hard to deal with and
watch her ego take all these beatings, i
knew in time she would succumb to the
pressure. she did and now I am homeless..
She threw me out, and has thrown me under
the bus to her family! I moved to a
different state to be with her, I even
shunned my friends and family for hers. I
completely changed my life and basically
gave up a promising career to work, go to
school , and focus on being there for her
and her family. I was only seeing my
children from my first marriage once or
twice a month because there was just
always so much drama going on with my
fiancee.
Do not get me wrong we had many many many
more good times than bad! but her bad is
horrible and cruel and she is very sick,
and i wish i knew what to do to help her.
She threw me out and i now live in my car.
I am ok and workign hard at saving money
and doing what is best for me. but i have
a hard time sleeping at nights knowing she
is out there hurting herself. I also know
she needs alot of help..I tired again with
her family but to no avail, they are no
puppets in her little world. She has them
totally fooled and i even remember her
telling me as i left our home "don't even
try to talk to my parents i have them
fooled they dont know anything about me!"
She told me i love my drugs and my
alcohol..and she also said alot of insane
nasty things to me...I tried as hard as i
could to reach her.
I am heartbroken, my children are hurt, i
am homeless. and yet i love her still. i
pray for her all the time. She already has
one DUI on record and other court
appearances for other things she has done.
She calls or txts me nasty horrible things
all the time. i mentioned this to he
MOther whom i was close with and they act
as if i am harassing her. not knowing she
is the one initiating all this drama and
contact. I do love her but what am i to
do. My eldest daughter has fallen ill and
i just dont have time to be treated this
way. it is very sad and i am heartbroken,
sadly i know she loves me and in some way
is crying out for help but she has
threatened me so many times with so many
things i can never trust her again or dare
to even try to visit her with an
intervention specialist or anything. my
hands are tied behind my back...She is
constantly lying to people about me and
threatening to call my boss....I feel like
i may have to go to the police soon if
this harassment doesnt stop. Her family
calling me from unknown numbers. her doign
the same then calling me from her cell
phone. the calling and hanging up the
phone at my pace of work...it is non
stop..any suggestions?
What hurts the most is she is going around
accusing me of being mentally and verbally
abusive and amongst other things. She is
lying and creating this whole i am a
victim thing. She contantly calls or
harasses me in some way. When i brought it
up to her Mother, her mother goes you need
to leave her alone and stop calling her.
When i said umm she is the one calling me,
i have only returned one phone call in
almost a month. Her mother basically got
very nasty with me. Which hurts me as
well. We were so close, tho that blew up
in my face too. because my fiancee was
jealous of how close we were. what do i
do? She is going around telling people i
am a liar and a thief and just making up
so many stories about me it is scary. I
just wish she would get help. Everytime
she conacts me with all this hate and
nasty i dont reply one time i did reply
and all i said was please get help and
please leave me alone but she persisted
for a while.
I could go on and on but this damn story
is already long enough and i am very long
winded ..sorry folks...
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Posted: 03-06-08 23:25pm
Oh my god, what a story. I am so sorry
you are dealing with all that drama and
trying to maintain your own recovery.
You probably already know that the only
person you can control is yourself.
Might be a time for really tough love;
call and get a restraining order. Sounds
like she has mental health issues and if
she doesn't get that addressed she will
spiral further out of control.
I hope you find healing...I hope you put
you first.
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