When Addiction Enters the Relationship: Trust, Betrayal and Attachment Wounds
Addiction rarely affects just one person.Whether it's alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography, compulsive sexual behaviour, or other addictive patterns, addiction can slowly erode trust, emotional safety, intimacy, and connection within relationships.In this episode of Just Listen to Me, I explore addiction through the lens of attachment theory and relationship dynamics.We'll discuss why addiction often creates profound loneliness, how secrecy and deception damage trust, the pursuer-withdrawer cycle that many couples become trapped within, and why partners can find themselves walking on…
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