Codependency "comes directly out of Alcoholics Anonymous, part of a dawning realization that the problem was not solely the addict, but also the family and friends who constitute a network for the alcoholic."It was subsequently broadened to cover the way "that the codependent person is fixated on another person for approval, sustenance, and so on." As such, the concept overlaps with, but developed in the main independently from, the older psychoanalytic concept of the 'passive dependent personality' ... attaching himself to a stronger personality."

 

 

Some would retain the stricter, narrower dictionary definition of codependency, which requires one person to be physically or psychologically addicted, such as to heroin, and the second person to be psychologically dependent on that behavior.

 

 

There are some very good 1 to 2 week programs available for people who are struggling with how to develop and cultivate normal boundaries with others. Most people who exhibit co-dependent tedencies are not even aware of it. Codependants can be very selfish people and go to great lengths to justify their unhealthy relationships with family members in addition to relationships outside the family. Codependents need to be needed, and that helps them feel in control and powerful.

 

 

 

 

 

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