Moving Forward as a Recovering Alcoholic

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

Inspiration, Parenthood By Proxy, Divorce, Dr Laura Schlessinger, Stay-at-home Moms, Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands, Grandparents, Confrontation, Courage, Dating, Marriage, Love, Strength, Goals, Workplace, God, Fitness, Dr Laura, Health, Friendship, Exercise, Healing, In-laws, Do The Right Thing, Surviving A Shark Attack On Land, Power, Responsibility, Ultimate Guide To Marriage, Grief, Social Media, Parenting, Stop Whining Start Living, Couples, Society & Culture, Ethics, Health & Well-being, Marriage 101, Single Parenting, Love & Life, Shacking Up, Snowflakes, Family, Workout, Lesbian, Podcast, Feuds, Quote, Messing Up, Life, Childhood, Triumph, Emotions, Procrastination, Siriusxm, Sex, Gay, Kids, Mental Health, Wisdom, Well-being, Co-parenting, Stay-at-home Dads, Coping, Woman Power, Conscience, Counseling, The Ten Commandments, Sexuality, Stress, Kids & Family, Feelings, Health & Fitness, Relationships

4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Leslie reports on how Dr. Laura's homework assignment helped change her mood and attitude, and she gets a 2nd suggestion for how to deal with anxiety as she rebuilds her life. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Leslie, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. I'm calling you back. spoke to you on Friday.
0:21.7	Okay. For those who didn't hear you on Friday. Okay.
0:22.5	For those who didn't hear us on Friday, give a thumbnail sketch of why you called, what I said, and what's the update?
0:30.6	Okay.
0:32.5	I called because, well, let me see if I can, let me see if I can sum it up.
0:43.6	It's like night and day today from Friday, but I called.
0:48.4	I was very depressed and frustrated about moving with my life after a long marriage and divorce.
1:00.5	And I was very emotional and unable to really kind of get my emotions regulated a lot.
1:17.7	And what else?
1:30.0	Really depressed, unmotivated.
1:35.6	It's been, it'll be two years of May since the divorce.
1:50.2	And it's been extremely trying on my life and now I'm trying to create a life on my own and the emotional distress and the you know continued fears and anxiety about being abandoned and betrayed
1:59.5	have just really affected my quality of life.
2:04.5	And you, I first want to say you, I cannot say how compassionate and kind you were and how sorry this is good crime it's good
2:27.3	crime it is it was like you could see through me and sink into me and know exactly like know me.
2:39.0	And know me.
2:40.0	And that was extremely impactful.
2:47.0	And I feel like what you did is you, because of your compassion and your kindness, you really confirmed where I was, where I am.
3:01.6	And I needed that because I beat myself up so much about not being able to move on.
3:14.3	And the main thing you asked me to do, my assignment was to jump up and down 20 times.
3:23.3	And we did that while I was on the phone with you on Friday.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 9 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.