#14 - Top 40 Countdown '23: My Mom Can't Let My Addict Brother Go

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Linda's brother is a homeless, abusive addict and she doesn't understand why her mother won't just give up on him. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:12.4	Linda, welcome to the program. on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Linda, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Hi, Mama Laura.
0:17.0	Hi, baby Linda.
0:20.0	What can I do for you?
0:22.0	Oh my gosh. Okay, so my heart is like beating out of my chest right now, but I have a question for you. I've been dealing with this dilemma for quite some time. I am
0:35.0	57, so my family of origin, both of my parents are still alive.
0:39.0	I had a older brother who died earlier this year and I have a younger brother who's 52 and all three of us are addicts and I've been in recovery. I just celebrated 22 years clean.
0:58.0	Congratulations, but why do you think you all became addicts?
1:07.5	Probably because of the household we grew up in. It was very, oh my gosh, my grandmother lived with us
1:12.3	and she was not the kind of grandmother who
1:14.2	baked cookies and made your lunch before you know you left for school she was she was
1:19.6	not a nice grandmother and my mother was always seeking her
1:27.6	mother's love and my grandma's mother was not capable of loving my mom the way that she wanted to be loved and my dad is very was
1:37.6	weak still is weak and that's why I'm calling you today because my younger brother, he ended up homeless on the streets because my dad finally mustered up enough strength and courage to get a restraining order against my brother who was very abusive and still is.
1:58.0	But my mom is still in contact with my brother after I've suggested to my dad like move the
2:08.8	phone away from her change your phone number she wants to be loved by him she wants to be loved by him. She wants to be loved by.
2:16.4	Right? Right? Yeah. Yeah. So you can't stop her.
2:23.0	Okay.
2:25.0	That's her need, which has nothing to do with being a parent.
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