Dr. Cali Estes
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So I'm gone 15 days out of the month.
with clients or somewhere.
And then I'd come back and he could maintain for that period of time.
And then it would, you know, it would escalate again after that.
So, but being, you know, being a family member is tough because you're watching it happen and you're helpless.
So I, he had therapists, he had coaches, I offered rehab, offered everything.
I'm going to, you're too close to the situation.
The kids look at you as dad, dad, come on.
And he looked at me like you're the wife, not you're the expert in this.
You're my wife.
So the kids are looking at you like as dad, dad, what does dad know?
Because think about it.
When you were a teenager, you went, okay, right.
But if you had an expert coming and go, wait a minute, this is what you need to do.
They might go.
Eh, and then they might try it.
So that's why I brought in the experts.
I brought in other people.
He had coaches and therapists and he didn't listen to them.
And I'm like, I got nothing.