This is a question in parts.
Are addiction and codependency are related?
What is the most effective way to treat/overcome an addictive tendency, regardless of the addiction?
What is the most effective way to treat/overcome codependency?
What is the prognosis for someone living with codependency and addiction?
2006-09-07 05:50:26 · 8 answers · asked by mynx326 4 in Health ➔ Mental Health
The person has sent the past six years gaining self-insight...lol...to some degree of success I might add.
2006-09-07 05:56:25 · update #1
Yes, this is me. I have over my life been addicted to many things, pills, alcohol, food, shopping...I keep replacing one addiction with a new one and want to find some way to end the cycle.
I am in therapy and on antidepressants, which both have helped incredibly. I am now ready to take the next step. I can solve my existing problems, now I need to start PREVENTING problems before they happen.
2006-09-07 06:23:07 · update #2
Codepndancy is an Addiction to People Pleasing a good analogy of Codependancy is...When a Codependant Person is dying another persons life flashes before their eyes!
There is a place where I have found help!! Celebrate Recovery ! Do a search online for one in your area !They were started by Rick Warren pastor of Saddleback church. I cannot explain in few words what this program is doing in my life but I am an Overcomer!
Here are the Eight Princeaple based on the Beatitudes:
R--- -Realize I am not GOD. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendancy to do the wrond thing and that my Life has become Unmanageable.
( Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor)
E--- Earnestly beleive that God Exists, that I matter to him , and that he has the power to help me Recover!
(Happy are those who mourn for they shall be comforted!)
C---Conciously choose to commit all my life and will to christ's care and control.
(Happy Are The Meek")
O--- Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God and to someone I trust!
(Happy are the pure in Heart)
V---Voluntarily submit to every changeGod wants me to make in my lifeand humbly ask Him to rmove my character defects!
"Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires! "
E--Evaluate All my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who ahve hurt meand make amends for harm I have dont to others except when to do so would harm them or others.
"Happy are the merciful. Hsppy are the Peacemakers"
R-- Reserve daily time with God for self examination and Bible reading, and Prayer in order to know God and His will fro my lifeand to gain the power to follow his will.
Y---Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good news to others both by my exaple and by my words!
"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires!"
2006-09-07 06:18:07 · answer #1 · answered by dawnO 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, addiction and co-dependency are related. They are mirror images of each other. The addict needs the codependent, the codependent needs the addict. First of all, read the book "Codependent No More". Then find a local chapter of codependent anonymous or AA, or other 12 step program to attend. If your the one addicted, you can only overcome by hard work on yourself. Ditto for the codependent. The prognosis is good if you get out of denial and face the issues. Do not waste your only life. Misery and pain can be replaced by happiness and joy. Addiction and codependency are dead ends. Don't stay with an addict and don't stay addicted. If feelings of low self worth are the root cause of your issues then change that. How? By doing things you and others will be proud of such as getting an education, performing volunteer work, create meaning in your life. Most of all, when you feel yourself going to the dark place of lies and deceit to cover your behaviors, reach out and don't fall into the abyss. Good luck.
2006-09-07 06:00:24 · answer #2 · answered by gmpranis1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Addiction and codependency can be related but it depends on the individual. I can see codependency so life consuming and having an addiction to soothe that feeling.
The most effective way to treat/overcome an addictive tendency is to first realize that it is an addiction. The next step would to be to seek professional help and to do it for yourself not because of someone else.
The most effective way to treat/overcome codependency is to seek professional help (counselor, social worker, etc.).
The prognosis for someone living with codependency and addiction depends on the individual, how invested they are in their treatment and their abilities to cope (healthy stress management).
2006-09-07 06:03:29 · answer #3 · answered by latina311204 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the addiction, you should have said as this may have helped in answereing,but as a recovering alcoholic it can be a very long hard struggle,as it was for me,the hardest bit is to admit that you have a problem,then seek out the best medical care for you,there is much more help out there now for alcohol or drug addiction,addiction and codependency are the same,and living with it is pure hell,i've there and back many times but i'am now ok thank goodness,there is no easy way out of it sadly,you or whoever you are refering to must get help ASAP i wish you good luck,if it is you then fight and get your life back,don't waste it,life is not a rehersal you only get the one chance at it,my heart goes out to you
2006-09-07 06:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have some really wonderful answers on here and it sounds like you are receiving the help that YOU need to get on with your life as a NON-codependant person!!!! Good for you, way to go, Support groups and hearing that you are not alone will help as well! Your comment that you "need" to prevent situations before they arise is the wrong way to go. More likely than not, you will not be able to control things--your job is to control YOUR reaction to them. Know that other people are their OWN person and they are making decisions for yourself. Detachment to a degree, yes. But--you can NOT take care of anyone else unless you're taking care of yourself first. Do not be a fixer. A nice example is, get a bunch of small boxes and write: fear, love, money, pain, relationships etc. on them, THROW THEM DOWN IN THE FLOOR. Walk away. Don't pick them up (well until you are able to grasp this concept and then don't hurt yourself tripping over boxes in the floor)!!!!!!!! When someone throws their pain, hurt, money problems, fear etc on to you. GIVE IT BACK to them, tell them. "Those are your issues and I will be happy to listen to you, but I refuse to figure out solutions because they are yours to figure out." Good luck!
2006-09-07 07:53:46 · answer #5 · answered by Heather 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know you've probably heard this before BUT. Here it is again. I have a nephew who couldn't do it on his own. He's 39 yrs old, never married, depended on his parents for everything, has spent several years in the penitentiary, because of alcoholism. Counseling or anything else never helped him. The last time he was in the pen, he found God. That's all he needed and that's all you need.
2006-09-07 06:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by Cal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without that person expending the energy to gain some self-insight, the prognosis is grim.
2006-09-07 05:52:47 · answer #7 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i could no longer inform you. it is notably much 5am and that i must be wakeful in 4 hours yet i ought to get as many factors as i will in the previous passing out. And it is not basically the factors, there is thumbs up, stars, bests...each sort of meaningless crap you start to care approximately for no reason.
2016-10-14 10:22:52 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋