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🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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John sought Dr. Laura's help to unravel the bad situation he's in but learns that following his conscience is how to do the right thing. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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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 serious XM.
0:10.0	Try and win 11 John welcome to the program. Hi, how are you? Good.
0:18.0	First time caller long time listener.
0:23.0	I'm in a situation and I don't know how to get out of it and I need to.
0:28.0	Oh, that is so not true.
0:35.0	Oh, I believe you're in a situation, but there's no way you don't know how to get out of it.
0:41.0	I do know how to get out of it.
0:44.0	Yeah, so what does this call really?
0:48.0	You don't want to get out of it really. You think you should want to get out of it, but you don't want to get out of it, right?
1:06.0	Well, see, I do and it don't means the following.
1:09.0	I believe I should want to get out of it, but I don't really want to get out of it.
1:18.0	That's a do and a don't.
1:20.0	That means your conscience tells you you're doing something wrong, but basically you don't give a shit because it feels good and you don't want to be without it.
1:31.0	So this is between the part of you that has a conscience and the part of you that wants satisfaction and gratification and don't want to be without it.
1:46.0	So that's the war.
1:48.0	And I guess we all have to sit and wait, have popcorn, soda, and see which one of those is going to win.
2:06.0	Yeah, oh my gosh, this is going to be easier than...
2:16.0	You can get that I thought.
2:22.0	So your decision tells what kind of a man you are, a man of honor, a man of conscience, or a male with neither.
2:33.0	Wow.
2:35.0	How do you do this here? You hit every spot that it's just...
2:46.0	Wow, I know what I have to do.
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