Refresher: Should I Separate From My Husband Until He Cleans Up His Act?

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

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🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Rachel’s therapist has suggested she legally separate from her husband as he seeks to clean himself up from drug and alcohol abuse. If he accomplishes this goal, should Rachel take him back for the sake of their children? Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Time now for a refresher from my Dr. Laura Call of the Day archives. Remember, you can hear my live radio program weekdays 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph, 2011.
0:16.2	Rachel, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Lara. Hi.
0:21.9	What's up?
0:26.3	Well, I wanted to get your advice.
0:30.8	I've been listening to your show for a few months, and I really like what you have to say.
0:33.6	So I'm wondering if you might be able to weigh in on my situation.
0:38.3	I have been married for seven years with two children, age two and five.
0:42.3	And we met in a recovery program.
0:46.3	We were both recovering alcoholics.
0:50.3	We both had time in sobriety when we met through...
0:55.2	How much time in sobriety did you have?
0:58.1	How much time in sobriety did he have?
1:02.6	I had about a year.
1:05.3	He had about a year more than me, so he had just under two years.
1:11.0	Sobriety from alcohol and or some drugs, what?
1:14.7	For me, alcohol, for him, a little bit of everything.
1:21.5	Drugs and alcohol.
1:24.3	And you were in a program, right?
1:27.8	Yes.
1:28.3	And in this program, did they say two of you hooking up together was double trouble?
1:38.1	You know, at the time there were suggestions, there weren't rules, and I had worked the 12 steps
1:47.6	when we started dating.
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