Letting go

[Losty]

My life has been pretty crazy since like...always. Some of you know more details than others, but that's not really relevant here. I realized some time back that there are people who I love that I need to cut out of my life. I have been fighting this since it became obvious. At some point I finally accepted the inevitable and stopped talking to them. They're either people who poison my life or people who enable those who poison my life. Having even a distant relationship with them is dangerous to my emotional well being and to my safety as well as the safety of my children. No contact has been harder than I thought it would be. I can't seem to let go. Regardless of some pretty awful things some of them have done, I still love them. I still care about them and want them to have good happy lives. I don't want to hurt them in any way. Have you ever had to let go of people you truly loved? How did you deal with the pain? How did you move on? When I look around and realize that outside of my children I have absolutely no one afk that I talk to, spend time with, or trust, how do I cope with the emptiness? Any advice for letting go? Ways to make it easier or faster?