618: Prescription for Friction: Marry into Addiction | Feedback Friday
Jan 28, 2022
A listener grapples with the impact of their fiancée's marijuana use on their sobriety, raising crucial questions about their upcoming marriage. The hosts discuss the importance of mental health and open communication in relationships affected by addiction. Another listener discovers a family secret related to their conception, prompting a deep dive into childhood feelings and parent-child dynamics. The emotional complexities of long-distance relationships during COVID are also explored, highlighting the challenges of maintaining connection across distances.
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Pre-Wedding Addiction Intervention
Postpone your wedding and address addiction issues.
Seek individual and couples therapy to improve communication and build a healthier foundation.
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Addressing Childhood Neglect
Process your anger in therapy before confronting your mother.
Consider if talking to her will truly help your healing process, as she may react defensively.
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Balancing Kindness and Assertiveness at Work
Determine if extra work is exploitation or opportunity; set boundaries if needed.
Negotiate additional pay for tasks outside your job description or find a new role.
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Your fiancée knows her weed habit triggers your own addictive tendencies, but keeps it in her daily routine anyway. Now she's giving you flak for your recent lapse in sobriety, and this is making you wonder if getting married next month is really the best move for both of you. What should you do? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday!
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Should you proceed with the marriage next month when your fiancée refuses to quit her weed habit even when she knows it triggers your own addictive tendencies?
Your mother's always fawned over babies, but expresses indifference once they get older. As a result, you feel like you were neglected through most of your childhood and never fully developed. Now, at age 30, you've discovered you were conceived via a sperm donor, and suddenly the dots connect. How should you approach your mother about this?
Your international long-distance relationship of several years was disrupted by COVID. And even though you've both agreed to date other people, you still hold onto hope that you might someday be able to work things out and resume a life together. Is this at all realistic, or is it just time to move on?
You don't mind having a reputation for being nice, but it seems to be a green light for some people to habitually take advantage of you. How can you find the right balance between kindness and assertiveness?
This past year, you've been surrounded with reminders of the impending death of loved ones, and what’s to come once they’re gone. How do you stop planning for the inevitable and start enjoying the time you have with those close to you while you still can?
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