"Dating an Addict"
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
UNFILTERED: I’m joined by a 29 year old woman who opens up about her eight year relationship that ultimately ended because of her partner’s addiction to alcohol. She shares how his struggle with alcohol use went unnoticed during college as heavy drinking is common in greek life culture, but how it became more noticible post-grad, once they lived together, and when covid hit. She shares how she tried to support him and encourage him to be sober, how his alcohol use impacted her, and what it finally took took for him to get sober. If you know someone struggling with addiction, you don’t have to go through this alone. Resources and community are available through Al-Anon.org.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and you're listening to seeing other people unfiltered. |
| 0:14.0 | Each Thursday on Unfiltered, I'll be bringing on a different anonymous guests to open up about their real life dating experiences. |
| 0:20.6 | We'll discuss what |
| 0:21.3 | they went through or are going through, how they navigated it, what they've learned, and |
| 0:24.9 | what advice they have to anyone else going through something similar. Unfiltered is your |
| 0:29.0 | reminder that no matter what you're going through, you're not alone. If you have a topic that |
| 0:33.0 | you'd like to discuss on Unfiltered, please email your story to seeing other people podcast at |
| 0:37.3 | gmail.com |
| 0:37.9 | to be considered for an episode. Real people, real stories, real life. This is seeing other people |
| 0:43.6 | unfiltered. So I am anonymous. I am 29 years old. I live in New York City. And I wanted to talk about a relationship that I had and |
| 0:57.8 | specifically my experience dating somebody with addiction mostly to alcohol. Thank you so much for |
| 1:06.1 | reaching out and being open to talking about this. I imagine, I know we'll get into it, but I imagine that |
| 1:12.3 | this is something that a lot of people do go through and don't really talk about because they don't |
| 1:18.8 | know how to talk about it. They don't know who to talk about it with. And, you know, just for anyone |
| 1:24.0 | who's listening, like, you're not alone. And regardless of what side of |
| 1:29.7 | this you're on, whether you are the person who is struggling with addiction and dating somebody |
| 1:34.0 | else or not dating or you're somebody who is dating somebody with addiction, like, I, I just |
| 1:39.1 | definitely want to emphasize that like, you're not alone and there are other people who have |
| 1:42.9 | been through this. So I really appreciate you being here and being willing to share what you've |
| 1:47.6 | been through. Yeah. I mean, there are definitely so many people that go through it and everyone's |
| 1:53.5 | experience is very different. So I would caution to take any blanket lessons from my experience. |
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