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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Rebecca wants to leave her alcoholic husband now that their children are grown, but she fears causing a relapse. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - 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 two can participate in my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on
0:10.3	Serious XM Triumph 1 11 Rebecca. Welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call. I appreciate it. Welcome. You're welcome. What's up?
0:22.8	I was calling today to
0:25.5	hear your advice on
0:28.0	my marriage. I've been married for 28 years and my husband is an alcoholic.
0:36.4	He's been to rehab twice 2018 and then just recently about a month ago. We have two sons 21 and 25
0:48.6	and I'm just wondering what your advice is. I'm tired. What?
0:56.4	Advice about what? I don't know. I'm married. Well, that's a personal choice. Kids are not minors.
1:04.2	So that's a personal choice. I don't have advice about that. You have to decide between now and dead
1:10.8	if the upshot of his behavior is drinking and the rest of his actions.
1:16.4	warrant you deciding you want a different life. That's a personal decision you make.
1:22.1	Okay. Would you kind of expect any of your hope that I would make a decision for you?
1:29.6	Oh, I just I heard you talk about addicts before and so I was just
1:40.0	just looking for a crystal ball, I guess. Well, the crystal ball to determine what?
1:47.2	You didn't ask me for a crystal ball. You asked me for permission to leave him.
1:56.0	Yes. You don't need anybody's permission. You're a grown-up. This is your life. This is nobody
2:01.9	else's life. This is your decision. Your life. The quality of your life is something you decide.
2:09.6	Okay. I just read about the signs that they are grown. So if I was to get a divorce at this point.
2:29.5	Finish that sentence please. I were to get a divorce at this point. What was the rest of the sentence?
2:39.0	Just because I just don't know if I don't want to be the cause my husband having a relapse and I know
2:54.9	I'm not. I know it's his responsibility, but I just don't want the family to look at me as the
3:03.6	reason that he had a relapse if he does.
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