My Dearest Andrew,
As I sit down to write you this letter, my heart is weighed down by the burden of my past actions, and a cauldron of emotions stirs within me—shame, sorrow, love, and an aching regret. If my words could carry the weight of my feelings, then perhaps you might truly sense the depth of my apologies.
The echoes of my struggles with alcohol, I know, have touched and tormented every corner of our lives. Initially, I found solace at the bottom of a glass—liquid courage, I would tell myself, to fend off the trembling anxiety that clung to me like a second skin after the hijacking. The terror of that day, the feeling of utter helplessness, morphed into a haunting specter that followed me into the quietest nights and the loudest days.
I thought I could drown those fears in drink, calm the tempest in my mind with spirits that whispered deceitful comforts. Yet with each sip, the whispers turned to screams, and my solace became my curse. The irony is not lost on me—how my alleged ‘shield’ from fear became the very source of it, for you, for our children, and for myself.
I remember the nights you found me slumped over the kitchen table, our anniversary that I spent in a haze, missing Sarah’s ballet recital because I was too busy nursing a bottle—it breaks my heart to recall. You bore the brunt of my actions, the torn seam in the fabric of our family, enduring in silence while scrambling to hold us together.
The worst part, my love, was turning my trauma into an excuse for my addiction. Anxiety was my initial motivator, but it became a crutch, a reason to not confront the damage I was inflicting. It pains me to think that in every effort to numb my own suffering, I was relentlessly magnifying yours.
I’m writing you this letter from the sunlit room of the rehab center, a place where healing begins not just with the body but with the soul. They tell us that acknowledging our wrongdoings is the first step on the path to redemption. And so, I’ve been retracing my steps, viewing the wreckage through sober eyes, and each image is a shard in my heart—a reminder of the pain I caused.
A part of this journey is to express the remorse that’s long been due, to say the words that my addiction stole from my lips: I’m sorry, Andrew. I’m so deeply sorry for letting you down, for breaking our promises, for the nights of worry, and the days of despair. My regret is as vast as the love I have for you, which I jeopardized with every uncorked bottle.
I am getting stronger, clearer, and more determined with each passing day. There’s a resilience within me that I had forgotten; it’s not fuelled by false spirits, but by my own inner strength and the support of professionals guiding me through the storm.
You have always been my anchor, my unwavering light, and I pledge to you that when I return, it will be as the wife you deserve, the mother our children need, and the woman I want to be.
Until then, I hold onto hope—the hope for your forgiveness, the hope for our future, and the hope that these words reach you as more than just an apology but as a promise of the renewed life I am meticulously forging—one day at a time.
With all my love,
Emily
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