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Can You Protect Your Kids From An Alcoholic Ex?

19 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment of the YouTube video, Amber Hollingsworth discusses the dilemma faced by parents who are married to an alcoholic partner and are considering divorce. She highlights the fear that, while protecting children while the alcoholic parent is present is already challenging, a divorce could force the children to spend time with the ex‑partner, raising concerns about their safety and well‑being. Amber then introduces Soberlink, a remote alcohol monitoring device, noting her personal endorsement of the product. She suggests that using Soberlink can provide documented proof of sobriety, which can be valuable for custody arrangements and court proceedings, thereby offering a practical tool for parents seeking to safeguard their children during and after a divorce.

A lot of the people that we see have concern about getting a divorce because if they're already married to an alcoholic and they have children, they're thinking, it's hard enough for me to protect these kids when I'm here. If I divorce them, then I'm going to have to send my kids over there. And then what? I mean, that's a real concern.
So, um, with alcohol, there is an amazing company called Soberlink. I think we talked about this before.
I'm a big Soberlink fan.
Yeah, it's amazing. You know, it really creates a record. Right. And it kind of holds people to it. So it's going to randomly test you 3 times a day within a certain window. And it's very difficult to kind of skirt that testing because it's taking a picture of your face, making sure it's you each time you do it. But at least you know that that person, for the other parent, they know that person's being sober. And what's great is if you are the person who is or has the history of alcoholism, you're proving to the court with a documented record on a regular basis that you are sober.