My exboyfriend who I am still very close to and very much in love with broke up with me a week before he told me... for the majority of our relationship he has been addicted to pain killers. I've been around this shit with my last boyfriend and his friends so I was completely shocked to hear him say this. (Everyone knows I am anti-drug and don't want it around me). He entered rehab on his own and has recently been released. I am angry with him and angry at myself for not knowing. I don't blame myself for what he did (that is all him) but I still can't believe I had no idea. This is the guy I planned on spending the rest of my life with and his addiction ruined our relationship and broke my trust.

We still talk every day (even while he was in rehab) and my problem is that I love him still. My family can not understand why I stick around and why I continue to set myself up for disappointment. To be honest I don't understand it either. I had a way out and I can still just walk away from him. I don't know what to do... do I listen to my parents and cut him out of my life or do I follow my heart and love an addict for the rest of my life?