10. The Afflicted And The Affected

05/24/22 • 23 min

Codependency is a term that describes damage done to persons who are close to an addicted person and are affected by their disease. Addicts are afflicted with the disease of addiction, but codependents are affected by that disease. In fact many times those around the addict are affected mare than the addict, because they are going through thew pain without any anesthesia, while the addict is anesthetized.

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9. Losing My Best Buddy

At a time of grief or loss people are oftentimes looking for something to numb the pain and addictive agents seem logical, but this is not a healthy thing to do. There are many losses besides death that people will experience such as: loss of job, divorce, aging and death of a pet. The stages of grief must be worked through without chemicals on board to eventually bring healing.3+20...

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11. My Version Of "Normal"

Children who grow up in dysfunction of some kind have struggles from that training that can have a very damaging effect on their adult lives. They learn survival skills that oftentimes don't translate well for the rest of the world. The shame that is part of an addicted household usually causes poor self-image to the children in that home.