It's Time to Get Angry

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🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The only way Alice will stop feeling like the victim of her family's dysfunction is to channel her anger into change. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:23.5	Alice, welcome to the program.
0:26.4	Hi.
0:27.4	Hi, Alice.
0:28.7	How can I help?
0:31.1	So, for like as long as I can remember since I was like 15, maybe even I was a freshman in high school.
0:42.1	My brother developed this like drug addiction.
0:46.8	It started all the pills, started stealing from us, and then eventually got to heroin.
0:53.7	And I'm 30 now.
0:55.7	He's 36 or 37, and he's still living at home.
1:01.6	He's still a drug addict.
1:03.6	And it's putting a strain on my relationship with my parents.
1:06.8	I don't go over there anymore.
1:07.6	Of course it is.
1:08.9	Of course you don't.
1:10.6	But they'd rather try to repair him than me.
1:16.5	To make themselves feel better as parents when they look at you and see, you're fine.
1:22.3	So if you'd like to get as much attention, get on drugs, get on drugs. Get an addiction and move. Are you going to keep
1:30.5	talking over me or listen? Get an addiction and go home and be a failure and you will now be on
1:41.1	the same level with them as he is.
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