He Went To 5 Rehabs In 22 Years

Love Over Addiction

Michelle Anderson

Society & Culture, Wifeofanalcoholic, Codependency, Relationships, Recovery, Alanon

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

When your loved one who struggles with addiction has been in and out of rehab for 22 years, at what point do you say, 'enough is enough?' Because honestly, are they really EVER going to get healthy (especially when they can't be honest about their addiction)?

That's something a strong woman in our community shared recently and what her 'line in the sand' was for leaving her marriage.

Take some time to listen to this new podcast episode and how the work she's done on her healing (including unlearning 'learned' behavior) has also helped her kids regarding their dad's addiction.

Find more here:

https://loveoveraddiction.com/five-rehabs/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast.
0:04.4	Thank you so much for agreeing to be on the podcast.
0:22.1	Again, I love that I get to talk to you again and follow up with how things are going.
0:28.6	I know you've made some huge changes in your life, so thank you.
0:34.2	I'm really looking forward to doing this.
0:36.9	Oh, me too.
0:39.2	Okay, let's talk about how you met your ex-husband, and when did you first know there might be
0:49.1	a problem with addiction?
0:52.0	Oh, I was actually 13 years old when I met my ex-husband.
0:57.8	We were in high school.
0:59.1	I was in choir with him, and he played guitar, and I was a singer, and I said to my friend,
1:05.7	I'm going to marry a man who can sing and play guitar exactly like that guy.
1:11.0	Really?
1:12.0	Yeah.
1:13.0	Yeah, we lost touch because I ended up switching schools.
1:17.8	We lost touch, and then I ended up seeing him at a coffee shop later right before I started
1:27.8	my senior year, and he was graduated because he was a senior when I was a 13-year-old freshman.
1:34.2	So we started dating right before my senior year in high school.
1:37.7	I was 16.
1:38.7	So when you guys were, I'm picturing this like high school, gymnasium, or choir room,
1:45.4	you kind of were eyeing him.
1:47.2	Was he eyeing you back?
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