Well, two weeks would still have him in "withdrawal" mode. I guess it would take longer than that when you stop "cold turkey".

Thanks for your thoughts re: my accident. Still sore, but it was almost welcome to have a change in focus from the pain in my soul to a simple pain in the neck!

I had to let my partner know about our best friends' dog (she may have had to be put down yesterday). I texted her to say that was possible. When I finally found out that the dog was was not going to be put to sleep and that it was a treatable thing, I texted back to give her the news and said I was going to go give our dogs a hug. She texted back asking me to "give them a hug from me too. I miss them". I said I always do, and that they miss her too. I had to press "send" quickly before I followed that with a "I guess we all make choices and you have to live with yours". Am I reading too much into it to think that she's starting to realize what she's left behind? She has not seen the dogs in over two weeks, but she saw me at a b-day party a week ago. Am I out of line to say she can't see any of us as long as she's seeing the OP?

"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage." -- Robert Anderson