This has become a regular thing ...

I am 17 years old and have been with my boyfriend for 3 years. Things were so great when I met him, then last year he became an alcoholic and a mean one too. At first he would just grab me, sometimes pulling my hair. Then he started grabbing me by my neck and pushing me around. Last night he got mad at me and smacked me, and pushed me around for saying he was being an asshole. He also pinned me to the ground and I ended up putting claw marks down his back while I was trying to get him off me. This has become a regular thing for us to fight like this and I know that I am being abused - I guess I still love him though and I hope things will change eventually.but if anyone has any advise for me please let me know. I feel so lost and dont know what to do.
~~~ 17 USA, "why cant we go back to normal"

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