I’m Distraught Over My Sister’s Condition

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🗓️ 14 August 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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I’m Distraught Over My Sister’s Condition: Donna is spiraling into emotional turmoil after speaking daily with her sister who suffers from alcohol-related dementia. - Dr. Laura: "She drank herself into destroying her body; why do you feel bad for her?" | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://family.drlaura.com/pg/jsp/help/general/privacypolicy.jsp for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.
0:03.8	Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.
0:09.8	Shana! Welcome to the program.
0:12.6	Thank you, Dr. Laura. It's a pleasure speaking to you.
0:15.8	Thank you.
0:17.8	I have a younger sister that has alcohol-related dementia.
0:24.3	Are you a married lady?
0:26.4	Yes, my husband.
0:28.0	Do you have any minor kids?
0:30.5	No.
0:31.6	But you have a husband.
0:33.4	I do, and my husband does not want her living with us.
0:37.8	She's living with my parents.
0:39.0	And can you tell me the vows you took and what they mean?
0:43.7	Oh, absolutely.
0:45.4	I'm just going to make sure.
0:47.6	Okay. He does not want to take on that responsibility.
0:52.0	So to have that happen, you both have to be in agreement.
0:55.4	You're not. So that's the end of that.
0:57.6	Next question.
0:59.6	The next question is, I talk to her every single day.
1:03.7	Her daughters no longer talk to her because she was a drunk.
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