Co-dependency Anyone?

Co-dependent relationships are unhealthy and usually destructive. As a co-dependent, you can end up sacrificing your own self while trying to care for your loved one. Co-dependency is defined as an excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner. In world of addiction, the co-dependency is often with a spouse or a parent. A co-dependent can take an excessively passive, controlling, or care-taking role with an addicted.

10 Co-Dependent Behaviors:

1. You have an exaggerated sense of responsibility for others’ actions. 2. You tend to do more than your share, all of the time. 3. You depend on this relationship and will do anything to hold onto the relationship. 4. You have an extreme need for approval and recognition. 5. You feel guilty when you assert yourself. 6. You feel a need to control others. 7. You don’t trust in yourself. 8. You have difficulty identifying your feelings. 9. You have problems with intimacy. 10. You have lied or been dishonest

If this sounds like YOU then chances are that you are an active part in the family sport of addiction. Getting honest and sitting down with a family therapist skilled in addiction recovery will get you (and your addicted loved one) on their way to a future of well-being!

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