Welcome to the Empowered Wife podcast where it's all about fixing your relationship without your man's conscious effort so that you feel desired taking care of and special even if your relationship feels completely hopeless now.

I'm Laura Doyle and today we're talking about what to do when you're

living with an addict. My guest Karen was devastated by her husband's addiction to porn, alcohol, drugs, and gambling.

When she tried to address those issues, he responded with rage.

She realized that wasn't working and learned a whole new approach to communicating her needs.

And today she feels beyond blessed to laugh and enjoy her time with the amazing man she married.

She's going to tell us how she did it so you can do it too.

But first let's talk about living with an addict which is so scary.

Here you've tied yourself to your husband for better or for worse and he's

gotten much worse. You question if you should be trusting him with things that are

going to impact your life when he's always

under the influence of that addiction. Addicts have a terrible reputation for

making bad decisions which can make you understandably anxious and also vigilant, which is exhausting.

What power do you even have? I mean if he can't stop being an addict, even though you've asked him to and told him to and give it him ultimatum, then what's left?

Since this is the Empowered Wife podcast, let's talk about the immense power you have in your marriage, even if you're living with an addict.

First, I'm going to tell you a secret about how I can tell what the

inside of a marriage is like pretty quick without seeing the inside of the

marriage.

Okay, you ready?

Here's how I can tell.

It's by the way the wife speaks about her husband.

It's about the way she speaks about her husband.

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