Where Do I Draw The Line With My Son?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Debra is exhausted by her sons drug addiction needs some help to get back on the right track. 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 too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM Triumph 1111.
0:12.4	Deborah, welcome to the program. on Serious XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Deborah, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Thank you.
0:17.0	You're welcome.
0:19.0	What can I help you?
0:20.0	I have a three children. middle son is 25 years old he has had a little trouble in the last year he had
0:32.0	he had a little substance abuse and we were able
0:40.6	to get him in a program in California and they kept him for two weeks.
0:45.8	He had some trouble this year.
0:47.6	He had a little substance abuse problem.
0:50.3	You do tend to try to minimize truth don't you?
0:53.6	Yeah, well I've listened to you so I know you want facts
0:56.8	you want big clear bullet points.
0:59.5	Yes, but you're you're minimizing them sort of a little problem.
1:02.4	Oh no. He had a flea bite just a little problem.
1:04.8	Teeny. No. No. So it was a dual control situation so he has some some depression some anxiety and then on top of that there was some alcohol abuse so
1:18.6	the they he went to a program for two weeks and then the insurance said you know there's two things they
1:26.2	they if you're going to hurt yourself or hurt somebody else or you're not currently
1:29.7	using drugs that you're okay to go. So then he came back to me and he's gone back between
1:36.7	myself and my ex-husband and mentally we've been able to maintain the situation with intense
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