| Relationships require effort and commitment on the | | | | partner's approval, you may a victim of emotional |
| part of both partners to succeed. If both partners | | | | abuse. |
| are emotionally healthy and balanced, this work goes | | | | 2. Your partner is in the throes of untreated |
| far in ensuring a mutually fulfilling, supportive | | | | addiction. If your partner is not being treated for his |
| relationship. However, there are some relationships in | | | | or her addiction, you are constantly placed in a |
| which one or both partners are not balanced or | | | | position behind their drug of choice. Along with |
| healthy, and in which there is a very unhealthy | | | | siphoning a great deal of your emotional energy off |
| dynamic. If the relationship becomes emotionally | | | | in dealing with their various substance induced crises, |
| damaging and costly, it can turn toxic. Here are 3 | | | | chances are your addicted partner is not fully present |
| signs that your relationship has reached the point of | | | | in the relationship. On a practical level, you may be |
| toxicity: | | | | setting yourself up for legal and financial troubles |
| 1. There is any kind of abuse in the relationship. | | | | from their behavior (DUI's, personal injury, or even |
| Physical abuse often escalates over time and is | | | | murder charges against your partner for killing |
| extremely dangerous. Please contact a domestic | | | | someone while drinking or drugging). |
| violence shelter or counselor who specializes in | | | | 3. Your partner commits serial infidelity. This act |
| domestic violence issues to make a plan to get out | | | | continually destroys all trust between you and leaves |
| of your particular situation. The most dangerous time | | | | you nothing upon which to build a relationship. If you |
| for women who is with an abuser is at the time of | | | | stay in this situation, you are setting yourself up for |
| leaving. If there is emotional and psychological abuse, | | | | betrayal and torment. Your mind and energy will |
| this too can be very toxic and damaging. This kind of | | | | constantly revolve around what your partner is doing, |
| abuse, filled with blatant or subtle criticisms, can leave | | | | who he or she is with, etc. In addition, you are risking |
| you feeling worthless, inferior, incompetent, | | | | your very health staying with someone in a |
| depressed, and even crazy. If you feel controlled by | | | | non-monogamous relationship. |
| your partner, dependent, or as if you can't win your | | | | |