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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I am dating a guy who just got out of rehab for drugs and alcohol. I like him. Here are my questions: Does anyone know anyone who went through rehab and actually cleaned up their life as opposed to relapsing again and again until they disappear? Is this an utter waste of my time since I still enjoy having a cocktail or 12 and now he cannot drink and hanging out with me may cause him to relapse? Has anyone ever dated or even have anecdotal information about dating a recovering fill-in-the-blank?
I usually date the raging addicts so this is totally new for me!
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Most of the people I know in recovery have been there for awhile, but they seem (from my fairly distant view, anyways) to be pretty ok in social situations where everyone else is having a good time with the aid of a variety of substances.
One I'm thinking of in particular had a I'm-going-to-rehab-tomorrow party that was pretty legendary. She came back a little more subdued, but she still hangs out with a similar crowd and got married to someone who hasn't really curtailed his social life (at least in my view) since they got married. I have no idea what she struggles with when she goes to a bar with the rest of us and sips O'Dooles or club soda or whatever, but she seems pretty well adjusted. IIRCC, she left for rehab about two years ago (I'm almost certain that I posted about it then), and they got married about a year ago. Kid was born in July.
