A mother hears her daughter ask her to get sober. The host explains that addiction creates abandonment, and that you can't show up fully for anyone, mind and body, until you're sober.
Mom, I need you to be sober.
Having your daughter being able right now to tell you that she needs you to be sober, how often have you ever said that to her?
Never.
That's never? She just said that's never.
I never told her I just need you to be sober. It's like—
But hold on, take that because it took all these years for you to say, Mom, I need you to be sober. Right. You hear me?
Yeah, you're right.
The abandonment comes from the addiction.
Right.
So you gotta say, Mom, I need you not to abandon me. It's, Mom, I need you to be sober. Because until you're sober, she'll never be able to show up full mind, body, and soul.