You canโt walk away from someone you love, leave them drowning in your desertion. If love has no more meaning than that, you can keep it. I donโt want it now or ever again. Donโt want to hear the word or wear its scars.
Ellen HopkinsYou have to realize there is nothing more you can do to convince someone you love to turn their life around. You simply have to say, "Look. I love you, but I cannot stand by and watch you kill yourself slowly. When you want help I'm here. Until then, goodbye." That may sound cruel, but self-preservation is paramount to helping someone else. If you're a wreck, you're useless to them, anyway. And if they refuse help, despite knowing the likely outcome, they will head down that path anyway.
Ellen Hopkins