Your life in a co-dependent relationship may feel completely out of control because you are living with someone who has a problem with alcohol/drugs and your life will never be the same. Each day you wait not knowing when that other shoe will fall, but you know it will fall. What do you do when ...…
A word many co-dependents will hear when they seek help is detachment. Several books have been written on how to detach with love, but what does it really mean? Detachment means that no matter what is going on in your life or the life of loved ones, you are able to remain free and happy. ...…
At what point does helping turn into co-dependency? Helping others does create those positive feelings. Helping makes us all feel good about what we’re doing. But for the co-dependent person, helping can quickly become out of control as you spend your time trying to control the alcoholic/addict in your life. The control may be in ...…
When you find yourself involved in the co-dependency paradigm which includes the maze of pain, frustration and fear you might feel it would be easier to just put your life and happiness on hold. All your time, attention, and resources become focused on the alcoholic/addict in your life. Your major quest becomes figuring out what ...…
Many people have difficulty understanding why some people put up with and stay in an addictive environment for so long. “Why did you stay?” “I just can’t imagine putting up with all that craziness for all those years!” The main reason co-dependents stay is because they know in their heart that the person that they ...…
