Should I Stay With an Alcoholic For The Kids?

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🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Should I Stay With an Alcoholic For The Kids? - Rachel knowingly married an alcoholic and had three children with him, and now she realizes that she's modeling the wrong values. - Dr. Laura: "Let your children know that their dad has the opportunity to return to the family when he gets clean and sober." - What mistakes have you tried to correct for your kids' sake? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:52.0	welcome to the program. Thank you Dr. Laura. It's an honor to speak with you. I've learned a lot.
0:58.0	Thank you. It's your program. I'm calling today because I would like your help making a decision.
1:04.3	I've listened to you for several years or I've never heard my exact situation. I want to know if I
1:10.8	should pursue a legal separation from my alcoholic husband or if I should stay with him and my family
1:17.7	three children. I mean, I would bring my children with me if I separated from him, but
1:24.0	or if I should stay. I knew he was an alcoholic before he married me before he got married.
1:29.5	Why did you make three kids in an alcoholic home? You can marry him. I have, don't talk over me,
1:37.0	please. You marrying him, I have no problem with. I mean, you're a grown woman. You make any decision
1:42.4	you want, but you made the decision to put three kids in a precarious difficult, not that pleasant
1:48.6	situation, which now leads you to think about breaking up the family. So I'm sure you are aware of
1:55.2	all of that. So I really, I'm not being facetious. I really want to know that thinking that went
2:02.0	behind putting three kids into this mix. So think about the motivation. Go ahead.
2:09.3	I'm pretty sure the motivation is I just wanted three kids and I wanted my Christmas card and I
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