To Support or Not Support an Adult Child in Early Recovery

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🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Trisha is struggling with whether to provide additional emotional, financial, and practical support to her adult son, who seeks to enter treatment for addiction after a prolonged period of homelessness. 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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0:25.5	and connect with me 24 7 at dr laura dot com trisha welcome to the program oh dr laura thank you for taking
0:35.3	my call i've been listening to you forever. Not always listening
0:40.0	the way I should, I know, but I'm having a dilemma and I just needed some, Dr. Laura,
0:48.2	get your head together and do the right thing like you've been doing. So that's what I want to hear, but I don't know.
0:55.4	So I have been dealing, my husband and I have been dealing with a son that has been
1:01.0	dual diagnosis and mainly, well, I think the dual diagnosis is from his drug use, obviously.
1:09.0	I really think that part of these mental health
1:11.7	disorders come from the drug use. The drugs come first before the mental health. But we've
1:16.7	been dealing with it for the past 15 years. I have been the biggest enabler to the point where
1:23.4	we almost got a divorce. My husband and I and I had to have a come to Jesus meeting with myself and with my God.
1:29.4	And I finally decided I was not enabling anymore.
1:33.8	And the last time we put my son in a sober living, he relapsed, and I did not jump in to help.
1:42.1	He had been on the streets homeless since.
1:44.9	And last night, it's been almost eight months.
1:48.7	He ended up in Oklahoma City.
1:50.5	I'm in Texas.
1:51.1	He called last night and said, or this morning, and said he had admitted himself into a hospital.
1:57.5	He wants to get help and he's looking for rehab.
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