Q&A Why Do I Feel like I Am Being Held Captive?

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My husband left me for his AP 2 years ago. After a year he asked me to consider reconciliation. He was so broken and convincing, and I loved him enough that I agreed. We went to counseling but he did no real work on his addiction, he is a sex addict. After seeing no effort on his part to seek help for himself, I set boundaries. He pulled away, he reconnected with his AP and is now living with her. She knows about his addiction but that doesn't seem to matter. He hasn't filed for divorce, neither have I. The whole situation has made me someone I never thought I would become. My husband continues to provide financially, I believe out of guilt, more than the courts would order him to give. So I am fearful of filing for divorce as it would mean a complete lifestyle change including selling our home, the only home our 16 year old daughter has known. I feel like I am selling my soul to the devil by staying in this situation. I almost feel like a slave to my husband's financial hold over me. Am I looking at this all wrong? Should I continue to live this way for my daughters sake?

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