“Listen to me, little girl: I couldn’t love you any more than I do, but I need to start loving myself just as much. I cannot do this anymore. It doesn’t mean I don’t love you or that I won’t help you when you are serious about getting help. It also doesn’t mean that I won’t section you and make sure you are put somewhere safe if I think I can. What it does mean is that from this moment, I am going to start to put as much energy as I’ve put into saving your life into saving mine. This is killing me and your father, and I don’t want to go down with you. Do understand that? This is literally
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