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Why Do I Still Care About My Abuser?

The Dr. John Delony Show

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I Love You So Much That I'm Not Going to Go Down on the Ship With You.

Cindy, I know your heart's so good. You're fit. It's already broken. What you have is a home on the inside of it that's completely burned out and you keep repainting the exterior. But at some point you walk in and you say, I'm not going to be your mom anymore. Because I'm worth more than this. And these are, I can think of very few boundaries that are harder. When somebody that you love is actively struggling with addiction, actively hurting themselves. Cindy, I'm heartbroken for you. We both came for broken families. I don't want to be that person. I just don't."

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