In this podcast entitled "All Outta Love", we discuss how the family's love is subverted by co-dependency.
We learn that:
- No one in the family is immune to the effects of an addictive disorder. That is why it is called a family disease.
- Co-dependency is an inevitable by-product of addiction in the family, but it starts subtly and is barely noticeable at first.
- The addiction sucks all the "right kind" of love out of the family members and replaces it with denial, guilt, and anger.
- The concept of love becomes twisted into possession and control. Resentment rules when things are "out of control".
- Changing the focus from taking care of the addict to taking care of oneself is the essential change that is needed to heal.
