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- From: dnelson@icaen.uiowa.edu (David Nelson)
- Subject: Re: RFD: Codependency (Third Attempt)
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:17:43 GMT
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- dgs@sfi.santafe.edu (David G. Simmons) writes:
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- >I strongly disagree with the premise that addicts cause co-dependents, even
- >partly. Codependents *find* addicts to be with *because* they are
- >co-dependent,
- >and addicts fill a place in their disease process. Addicts do not
- >cause normal
- >people to become codependent, except in the case of small children. (most
-
- I must respectfully disagree with this statement. I have known people
- to acquire codependency (codep/Alanonic) in adulthood due to
- interaction with an addict. Additionally, your assertion flies in the
- face of 40 years' worth of Al-anon literature (although Al-anon
- doesn't use the term 'codependency').
-
- >"normal" people won't have anything to do with addicts *or*
- >codependents) Recovering
-
- This is patently false, my friend. Addiction is rarely blatently
- evident, and many people befriend addicts without being aware of the
- disease's presence.
-
- >from codependency requires that we learn to exist in the same world with
- >addicts without it negatively affecting our lives. If we run away from all
- >addicts, even those in recovery, all we are learning is to run away, not
- >to change, grow and recover.
-
- Codependency is an addiction on its own. Were narcotic addicts
- running away from AAs when they established NA? I think not. Many
- addicts simply feel most comfortable and supported when banding
- together with others suffering from the same addiction.
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