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The Dr. Laura Podcast

How to Move on From a Dead-end Friendship

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Zach's friend refuses to take control of his life, leaving Zach drained and wanting to walk away. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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Zac, welcome to the program.

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Hi, Dr Laura, thanks for having me on.

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You're my pleasure. How can I help?

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So I am 23. I'm from Michigan originally I live in New York now but I have a buddy

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Back in Michigan who I've been friends with for about seven years now. He had a pretty hard life growing up.

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Kind of no parental figures around and at this point he's 27.

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He has yet to take accountability for the decisions and the actions that he makes, which are quite

1:21.3

poor and he doesn't really take a chance for himself.

1:26.0

Kind of counted himself out of the game and as a buddy he's been reaching out to me a whole bunch and I'm kind of moving on in my life I just moved

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out to New York I finished college a year ago and I feel like I owe it to him to tell him that

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look I I've helped you as much as I can and at this point it's just kind of bringing me down but what has he called for what has he called

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to ask help for and what kind of help have you been giving?

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In the past like he doesn't have a driver's license and so he's he's come to myself and my family is you know felt for him in the past and has come to some of us for money and

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