The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring Quotes

“By definition, the addict replaces normal human relationships with compulsive behavior that is out of control. The spouse who is married to an addict feels the loss, tries to deny it exists, and typically becomes angry. In spite of their despair—or perhaps because of it—they go to extreme lengths to preserve the exterior world of their addicted spouse and their once-happy home.”
― Les Parrott III, The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring: Connecting Couples to Build Better Marriages

“Grief and addiction have something in common: denial. The loss of a stable marriage because of addictive involvement generates despair, anger, and loneliness. And because the loss is not as tangible as other losses (the addict is still present), losing a loved one to addiction has the potential of keeping one stuck indefinitely in the early stages of grief—guaranteed to be the undoing of any relationship.”
― Les Parrott III, The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring: Connecting Couples to Build Better Marriages