I Want to Leave But I'm Not Ready

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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How can Ann improve her life without having to leave her alcoholic husband? Dr. Laura has the answer! Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	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	And welcome to the program.
0:14.4	Thank you, Dr. Laura.
0:17.2	You're welcome.
0:17.8	My husband and I have been married for 27 years.
0:24.6	And the last, since 2019, he has been an alcoholic.
0:33.7	And I finally feel like I'm ready to leave.
0:43.5	I'm curious, before you go on, what is the process of being ready to leave?
0:51.2	What is that?
0:53.4	What does that include? No, what is that in, okay, file a few divorce.
0:59.1	What else makes you ready to leave? I stopped believing that he can get sober.
1:10.6	Oh, he could get sober. You're absolutely wrong. He doesn't want to.
1:15.0	You got it backwards, woman. A lot of people get sober. He can.
1:21.7	Doesn't choose to. Alcoholics have to choose to before they enter into the process of getting sober.
1:29.6	So he's not choosing to.
1:33.1	So what else is entailed in being ready?
1:41.4	I don't know.
1:45.1	Well, then how can you say you're ready if you don't even know what that means?
1:49.0	Seriously.
1:50.3	I just can't, my nerves can't take it anymore.
1:55.8	That has nothing to do with getting ready.
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