Our Son Is Famous in Our Small Town for All the Wrong Reasons

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Relationships

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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0:00.0	All right, let's talk about your marriage.
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0:15.5	Get yours at ramsysolutions.com slash getaway as a parent of a drug addict son that regularly terrorizes the small town we live in
0:30.4	how do we live daily life while navigating personal embarrassment anger and guilt
0:35.2	he was arrested for kidnapping a minor at the age of 14.
0:40.1	Like, I'm talking major, major things.
0:42.9	Yeah.
0:48.5	What's going on?
0:51.6	My goodness, I'm so glad you're here.
0:53.3	So glad you're here. I'm John. This'm john this is the dr john deloney's show
0:57.5	i'm glad that you pulled up a seat or wherever wherever you happen to be if you're sitting down
1:02.0	somewhere if you are cleaning something up if you're driving somewhere i'm glad that you've
1:08.1	chosen this podcast or if you're watching us on the on the
1:11.0	YouTube's, I'm glad that you're here. There's a trillion other shows you can be watching or
1:15.0	listening to, and I'm really grateful for your time. On this show, we talk to real people. I'm a real
1:20.5	guy. I'm a real boy. Not an AI, like whatever. I'm a real person that sits with real
1:26.6	hurting people who are going through real challenges. And I'm glad that you're here. If you want to be on the show, I'd love to have you. Go to John Deloney, D-E-L-O-N-Y. John Deloney.com slash ask-A-S-K and fill out the form and we will get you on the show. Let's go out to North Bay, Ontario and talk to Lynn.
1:46.0	What's up, Lynn?
1:47.7	Hello. Hi, Dr. John. How are you? I'm great. How are you?
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