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Julie, welcome to the program. Thank you, Dr. Laura. You're welcome. What is the problem, my dear?

Well, as I told her screener um i have been married for 20 well i've been married for 22 years with my husband for 25 and i recently left him about

six weeks ago um Oh, what happened?

Well, what happened was he's a verbal abuser and he's a cheater and he's a liar.

And I just had enough and I should have done this a long, long time ago.

Well, at least you extricated yourself eventually.

That's good.

Yes, yes.

What do you think it took for you finally to pull the trigger, so to speak?

You know, at some point you just say, okay, I've had enough.

No, but at what point do you say, I've had enough?

I mean, there's some miracle point.

I mean, you tolerate abuse and disloyalty for years and years and years.

So you'd think you'd get used to it.

Why bother ending it?

Well, I guess it's because I had gotten used to it and it was making me sick.

I have an ulcer from it and I also realized that

we have three homes and one of them is up for sale and he is in one and I'm in another. And I knew

that I could do this on my own. So that's why I decided it's time. It's just time for me to leave.

And I did.

Did you get an attorney?

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