Should I Stand With My Wife?

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🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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James' alcohol and drug-addicted wife is no longer allowed to see their grandchild, and James is wondering if he should stand by her and also stop seeing the child. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast you two can participate in my live radio program heard weekdays from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 1 11 James
0:13.2	Welcome to the program. Hi Doc. Lord. What can I do for you?
0:18.8	Okay, where do I start? I'm married 40
0:22.9	years to the same woman Wow and
0:25.5	Yeah, and we have three children and four grandchildren and I haven't been experienced
0:34.8	Experiencing with my wife an addiction problem. She's had an addiction to drugs and alcohol on and off for the last 40 years and
0:44.2	The easiest way for me to tell you this is in the last year
0:48.6	She's been having an alcohol problems and I was unaware of it and
0:53.3	And she has gotten exposed to my children
0:58.0	Or alcohol problem to the point where she was carrying alcohol in her bag and kind of met
1:04.1	I
1:05.2	Guess you could say drinking enough to stay level headed
1:09.7	during her daily
1:11.4	Things like even watching the grandchildren. So my question to you is my daughter who has been
1:18.9	I'm not sure I understood you just said your wife would be drunk
1:26.4	When she was taking care of the grandkids nobody knew she was drunk
1:31.3	No, because
1:32.8	When she drank it wasn't to the point where she was drunk when she was when did kind of have your kids known that she's been a
1:41.9	Drunk and a druggy their whole lives
1:44.7	When did the kids first know that
1:46.7	Well, then why would they let her baby sit there? Why would they let her baby sit their kids? The hell is wrong with your kids
1:55.9	Yeah, that that makes sense what you're saying, but she was very irresponsible is that how irresponsible it was
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