Change

How often do people really change? Especially the toxic behaviors? I very recently left my husband because I felt our relationship has become unhealthy. After years of asking him to help me work on our issues with no help I finally had enough. Now so quickly he has done some of the things I've asked him to do over the years. He even wants to get professional help if that's what I want, which I've been asking for years. Why did it have to get to this point before he was finally ready to start working on our issues. I want to believe that he will change and things will get better but I just don't know if I can trust that it will last. In the past working on things he would change for a while then get comfortable again and go right back to the way things were. I'm afraid this will be the same. I still love him very much and this is definitely the hardest thing I've ever done but I never want to feel the way I felt before in our relationship. I wouldn't wish those feelings on my worse enemy. I just wish I knew if he really is serious about putting in the work this time or if it'll be just like it always is.