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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Kate realizes that she married an alcoholic. Now what? 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.
0:02.9	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	Kate, welcome to the program.
0:13.9	Hi, Dr. Laura, a long-time listener.
0:16.9	I'm so glad to be seen with you today.
0:19.6	I just love you.
0:39.8	Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. How can I help? Well, yeah. So two years ago, I got remarried. This was a second marriage for both of us. I had two children under... Say again, I didn't quite hear that word. How long?
0:44.1	Two years. Two years ago. Two years ago. Okay.
0:47.1	Two years ago. Yeah. And so I knew he had issues with alcoholism.
0:55.5	You knew that when you married him?
0:58.4	Geez, Louise, why would you vote for that?
1:02.1	Oh, my gosh.
1:04.0	Explain it to me.
1:05.5	I can't wait to get a drunk guy.
1:08.2	It'll make my day.
1:10.7	What's that about? Well, I never saw him take a sip of alcohol
1:13.9	while we were dated for a year. Okay. Well, some women, some woman live with serial killers and
1:21.9	haven't seen them murder anybody. Yeah. I'm not sure that helps.
1:28.4	But, okay, go ahead.
1:34.4	Yeah, so I think, and then once we marry, you know, he moved in.
1:40.3	We, you know, were celibate, you know, leading up to that point. But he changed and these narcissistic behaviors.
1:45.8	Oh, don't start.
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