Finally Left Him

I dont know where else to post so I decided to post here...

I ’ve known my now ex-boyfriend since I was 14, and now I’m 22. We got together when I was 19, I thought we would be forever.

Since we had gotten together he had refused to go to his visitations with his son, but yet he wanted to try to have a baby with me. I was stupid in all of this and couldn’t wait to start our own little family but I so badly wanted to include his son in this family as well.

My ex was nothing but emotionally abusive and I put up with it for so long I felt trapped. When we would fight he would physically throw all of my belongings out of our home and then eventually he started throwing me (physically pick me up and throw me) out with my belongings, take my keys and lock me outside. After a series of events over the past 2 years he now has a criminal record for assault with a weapon. It came to the point where I feared for my safety and had to get police involved. But still he would not leave me alone.

He wanted to be the man who provided but refused to work, because of his demanding personality it had caused me to lose my job and we ended up losing our home.

We went to live with his family, which was a nightmare. They had gotten me into doing drugs everyday, keeping me awake for days. While becoming addicted to drugs his family literally denied me from eating. I starved. I went a week at a time without a meal.

For some reason my mother (who I wasn’t talking to at the time) had heard that there was something wrong with me but nobody had known what it was. She decided to drive the hour out of town to convince me to come home. I pushed her away, tried telling her I was fine, so eventually she left. What I didn’t know was she wasn’t about to give up on me, I laid awake all night wishing she would come back. So I texted her the morning after she had left telling her that I missed her, she replied “that’s okay, I’m on my way to you now”. I cannot explain how relieved I was, I couldn’t stop crying.

I have asthma and bad allergies (what does this have to do with anything?), my in-laws had 3 cats (which I’m severely allergic to). My mother showed up with a police escort and an ambulance knowing how bad my allergies are. I was treated for well over an hour while my mom and the police confronted my ex and his family. I had lost over 20 lbs since I had seen my mom last.

Not only did my mom bring me home that day, but she saved my life. I went home weighing 78 lbs, addicted to drugs, convinced I was going to die.

It’s been almost 2 months since I’ve been home, I have been clean the entire time and found the help I needed. So I am no longer using, and my mother and I have the best relationship we have ever had. I have never been so thankful to have her in my life as I am today. ❤️