My husband always physically hurt me and he constantly drank and got addicted to gambling, so I decided to separate from him. Did I do the right thing? He even took my child from me. He filed a case and won custody. I feel completely lost. When he filed, I wasn’t prepared. He hired a great lawyer to take my child away from me. It feels like everything slipped away all at once. Losing my child feels like losing a part of myself. The pain is overwhelming and sometimes it feels like I’m drowning. I wasn’t ready for this fight and now I’m just trying to cope with everything.