The Pain of Living with a Patient of Addiction

All around the world, every piece of literature tells you how painful it is to be addicted. How your patient wants the most, what has the power to destroy him completely and the irony behind it. But have you ever thought about yourself? What kind of pain are you going through and how hard is it for you to be around your patient? The constant struggle between being with him or leaving him at the hands of his fate.