My Wife Met a Man in AA

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🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Should Rene forgive his wife who fell in love with another man while in Alcoholics Anonymous? 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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0:26.5	Renee, welcome to the program.
0:28.9	How can I help?
0:31.5	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:35.2	Hi.
0:35.9	I'm 43 years of age.
0:40.3	My wife's 43.
0:41.3	We've been together about 25 years.
0:45.3	18 years ago, she had an affair.
0:53.3	And I... She, uh, she had an affair and I, uh, we, we separated a year after that, and we worked it out.
0:59.5	Well, we separated a year after that, and we worked it out some way, somehow.
1:05.7	I used, when I was in my appointees, I used one affair or two that she found out about.
1:16.3	I was on drugs, and it was my wild years, which I admit it was not right.
1:32.6	For the last 10 years, she's been dealing with alcoholism well she was just drinking sometimes it will get out of hand and um uh last year we had an obligation at the the house and anyway she went to jail and
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