Grief Stages

Acceptance
This is it. After we have closed our eyes, kicked, screamed, negotiated, and finally felt the pain, we arrive at a state of acceptance. Acceptance should not be mistaken for a happy stage. it is almost void of feelings. It is as if the pain had gone, the struggle is over. We are at peace with "what is". We are free to stay; free to go on; free to make whatever decisions we need to make. We are free! We have accepted our loss, however minor or significant. We have adjusted and reorganized.

A codependent person or a chemically dependent person may be in many stages of the grief process for several losses, all during the same time. Denial, depression, bargaining, and anger may all come rushing in. We may not even know what we're trying to accept. We may not even know we're struggling to accept a situation. We may simply feel like we've gone crazy.
-Codependent No More

The last paragraph puts every bit of this in to perspective for me. I'm often all over the map and in several of these stages all at once. I sometimes feel like I'm crazy or quickly on my way there.

Life changes, people change. Relationships evolve, and sometimes not for the better. Parents die, kids grow up, looks fade, and your body grows old. Friends lie to you, lovers cheat on you. Companies merge, neighbors get divorces, old friends get cancer. What used to make us happy, doesn't any more so people move on. Our hearts and minds deal with it the best way they can. We grieve it then we must let it go.