Hi John,

Well the way you deal with any addiction is

1. Cold Turkey or

2. Slowly starve it.

You say you can’t escape his orbit. OK. I totally get that. But can you say, “For TODAY I will not talk to him, contact him or see him?” Meaning if he texts or calls you don’t call him back THAT DAY. If you run into him, say “Later” and keep running. You don’t show up for the activities “Can’t make it this time”.

When you are successful, it will exhaust you, but congratulations!

The next month do this for TWO days! It doesn’t have to be back to back.

I had to do this with one of my friends to break their spell over me. I got to not contacting/communicating/seeing/interacting with them for three weeks out of the month! Yes, it took two years. Yes, there was an upset (their end). But that’s what I had to do.

Try it!

Good Luck,

Inky