The young, very tired, sad, and tearful client had just finished telling me about what sounded like a disastrous relationship. Her husband had spent all but a few months of their eight-year marriage behind bars on drug charges. They had two young children conceived during his brief periods of freedom. Now released from his latest prison stay, he was using drugs again, refusing to look for work because he considered it demeaning, was being verbally and physically abusive to her and emotionally abusive to their children. You can read the rest of this article at the following link https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/complicated-love/201910/stay-or-go)