Codependency Defined

http://www. askmikethecounselor2. com Codependency Defined Codependency has a number of definitions, and before we get to those, I want to talk a little bit about the beginnings of this quintessential self help movement. I first became aware of the term... More

http://www. askmikethecounselor2. com Codependency Defined Codependency has a number of definitions, and before we get to those, I want to talk a little bit about the beginnings of this quintessential self help movement. I first became aware of the term codependency in the early 1980 s when I first got sober. I read a book called Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family by Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, which was a great relief to my emotional struggles then, because it gave me a framework for explaining my entire life and all the chaos that went with living in a house with two, count them, two alcoholic parents. In fact, I remember thinking that Wegscheider-Cruse must have been in my house, watching us, the descriptions fit so perfectly, and it was a great relief to know that I was not to blame, and also that there was a way out of the internal emotional and cognitive chaos that I was experiencing in those early days of sobriety. In those early days, I was very good at identifying the Less