Life Makes it Hard to Stay Sober

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

If she falls off the wagon again, Lisa says it will be because of her traumatic childhood and problems with her husband. 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.
0:11.4	Lisa, welcome to the program.
0:14.2	Hi, Dr. Lara.
0:16.0	Hi.
0:17.7	I guess I'm ready for you to kick my butt.
0:21.9	I am an alcoholic and have been in recovery since 2020.
0:34.1	Grew up in an alcoholic family, was probably a functional alcoholic for most of my adult
0:41.7	life, and then kind of went off the rails. I think I used alcohol because of really severe anxiety.
0:55.0	But anyway, went into recovery in 2020
0:58.0	and have had a good run with it
1:01.0	and have been active in AA and done my steps
1:06.0	and shared meetings and all that good stuff.
1:09.0	But I am in a marriage that is very challenging.
1:21.8	I do not have a lot of financial control.
1:25.5	And I find out things that my husband has done that in my mind are huge
1:35.3	without my knowledge and what happens is, is I panic.
1:48.8	And I find myself relapsing.
1:53.6	And, you know, I... No, you don't find yourself, that's not true.
1:55.6	You don't find yourself relapsing.
1:57.3	You decide to have a drink rather than handling the problem.
2:03.8	The whole thing about an alcoholic is not handling problems yeah the whole bit I so instead of handling your
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