My Wife Had an Affair While I Was in Recovery
4/3/202656 min
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First 90 secondsJames0:00
[gentle music] I've struggled with a gambling addiction for a number of years, and when I started to enter recovery, I soon found out that my wife had been cheating on me with another guy. And I think we're both at the point where we want to regain trust with each other.
John Delony· Host0:22
Okay. Why now? [upbeat rock music] What's going on? What's going on? This is John of the Dr. John Delony Show coming to you from Nashville, taking your calls on your marriages, your emotional health, your mental health, whatever you got going on in your life. You wanna be on this show, click the link in the show notes, and it will take you right to the form. You can fill it out, or you can go to johndelony.com/ask. But Kelly prefers you to click the link in the show notes. All right, let's go out to Vancouver, British Columbia, and talk to James. Hey, James. What's up, dude?
James0:56
Hi, Dr. Delony. It's an honor that you're taking my call today. How you doing?
John Delony· Host1:01
It's an honor that I get to talk to you, brother. What's up?
James1:03
Hey, hey. I, um, I wanted to know... Sorry, I'm a little bit nervous. Okay, I'm gonna hit it, hit you with it.
John Delony· Host1:12
Bring it.
James1:13
I, I have-- I've struggled with a gambling addiction for a number of years, and it ruined my marriage. And when I started to enter recovery, I soon found out that my wife had been cheating on