Does He Love Me?

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🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Lindsay’s family warned her. She saw the warning signs herself. Still, she has wasted many years on an alcoholic and shows no signs of stopping. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Lindsay, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. How are you? Good. What can I help you with?
0:22.2	Yes. I am currently in a situation and I keep hearing from
0:29.1	members and friends that I need to basically run, you know, leave my long-time boyfriend.
0:41.0	Okay. Can we get to what the problem is because I'm not understanding where you're going right now?
0:48.3	Oh, he is an alcoholic.
0:53.1	Who is an alcoholic? Who is an alcoholic?
0:55.0	Who is an alcoholic?
0:56.6	My boyfriend.
0:59.4	So you've been dating a guy for how long who's a drunk?
1:02.6	Tell me how long?
1:06.5	It's been going on five years.
1:10.0	We separated because of it. You've used on five years. We separated because of it.
1:12.4	You've used up five years of your life with a drunk.
1:18.3	Why?
1:20.3	Thought you couldn't get a good guy.
1:21.8	Oh, he split up.
1:22.9	Do you think you're dumb, ugly, fat, or unlovable?
1:31.3	I think that I'm, I want to say dumb, because when we met, we would drink together. We'd go out and that's...
1:45.1	Oh, so you've been a drunk, too?
1:48.8	I'm sober now.
1:50.6	So getting to the good...
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