You Have Control Over Your Decision

Love Over Addiction

Michelle Anderson

Society & Culture, Wifeofanalcoholic, Codependency, Relationships, Recovery, Alanon

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Have you gone back and forth (maybe many times) on whether you should stay or leave your relationship with your loved one who struggles with addiction?

And let's be honest: that mental mind game can get pretty exhausting sometimes, right?

Just know that it's okay if you don't know right now what you want to do. But it's also so important to remember that you DO have control over your decision. And that's what I'm going to dive into with today's new episode (along with a personal story about a big decision my daughter made recently).

Find more here:
https://loveoveraddiction.com/decision/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast.
0:17.8	Hey, how are you?
0:21.0	Today we are going to talk about
0:25.0	what it feels like to finally make the decision to leave.
0:32.0	And you guys know, for years and years,
0:36.0	we go through this mental mind game
0:40.0	that is quite exhausting about whether you should leave or stay.
0:46.0	I know I did for 10 years.
0:49.0	Certain moments of the day I was determined to leave.
0:53.0	And then other moments of the day I felt like I couldn't have been more in love
0:57.0	and that everything was going to be okay,
0:59.0	and that leaving was the last thing I wanted to do.
1:02.0	Now you all know, in this community,
1:05.0	I will never, ever make the call that you should leave or you should stay.
1:12.0	Here's the truth. You're an adult.
1:14.0	You have a wonderful intelligent mind.
1:18.0	You are probably taking care of more than you should,
1:22.0	so that's proof that you are capable of making really important
1:28.0	courageous decisions for yourself.
1:31.0	I am not the expert on your life, nor do I ever pretend to be.
1:36.0	What I am here to do is to remind you that you have choices
1:42.0	that you can always exercise your right to choose
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