I'm Stuck in the Middle

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Sheri isn't sure what to do – attend her son's Navy retirement party or stay home with her husband who worries that the party will jeopardize his sobriety. 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 Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.3	Sherry, welcome to the program.
0:13.4	My son is retiring from the Navy. He's been in for 24 years. He lives in Florida and we live in California. And my husband,
0:24.6	who is his stepfather, but he's raised him, he isn't wanting to go because he's no longer
0:31.6	drinking. My husband isn't. And it's going to just be a big party fest. And I don't want my son's feelings hurt,
0:40.4	but I don't want my husband to feel like he's in a struggle,
0:43.7	and I'm not sure what to do.
0:47.4	How long has your husband been not drinking?
0:53.1	A couple months. He's not an alcoholic. A couple months.
0:54.9	He's not an alcoholic.
0:57.1	Oh, please.
0:58.6	Sherry.
0:59.3	Sherry, stop it.
1:01.2	Just stop saying something silly like that.
1:04.5	The man doesn't want to be around alcohol because he doesn't trust himself.
1:08.1	Yes, he's an alcoholic.
1:10.1	Or he's got a girlfriend in town and he's happy
1:12.3	for you to leave. Which one would you like? No, it's not. He's alcohol. Which of the two would
1:19.5	you like? I give you the permission to choose one. Alcoholic. Okay. So your denial doesn't help either, ma'am.
1:28.8	I'd like you to pick them up, put him in your car, take him to an AA meeting,
1:32.5	have him get up in front of the group and say he's going to hurt his stepson
1:36.6	because he doesn't trust himself.
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