Addiction Has Rocked My Family

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🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Addiction Has Rocked My Family - Michelle says her sister is destroying her life with alcohol just two years after their brother died from his addictions, and she worries about the impact of her family's problems on her own children. - Dr. Laura: "Feelings need to be dealt with, not buried." - Is addiction part of your family history? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To 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. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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1:27.0	Michelle, welcome to the program.
1:29.0	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call.
1:32.0	I'm very nervous. So I'm not too sure where to start, but I'm just going to start from somewhere.
1:39.0	So I'll just tell you a little bit about me. I'm married 20 years.
1:42.0	I have a great husband, great children, 16 and 18 years old, two girls.
1:48.0	And basically it's about my family. I grew up in Ontario.
1:55.0	I moved to British Columbia, Canada with my brother.
2:01.0	He passed away two years ago of a drug overdose.
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