If co-depndecy is what leads to all addictions why do we treat the addiction and not the co-depency?

Answer 1

I don't understand your question.

Some addictions are physical. Some are metal/emotional. What cures one addiction in one person may not be enough to break another person.

I see the bigger problem as being a society that promotes fun, recreational drugs, binge drunking, casual sex, etc.... and then we wonder why people do get addiction problems.

Answer 2

I personally don't think that co-depndancy leads to addiction. I do belive that all people who have the disease of addiction are, in some way, co-dependant. When treating a person for addiction, at the same time you are treating the co-dependant par tof the person as well.

Answer 3

I had a different hit on how that worked. Co-dependency was not talking about the addict, but about the partner or mate that allowed it to happen. In other words, the addict is going to continue his behavior no matter what, unless he wants to quit. But there is usually a significant other person (wife/husband/gf/bf) who should take some action to stop it and doesn't. That person is being co-dependent.

Answer 4

People become addicted to things to fill the emptiness they feel inside. That sums up co-dependence. Half of the professionals out there don't even know what they are doing. It's all about the relationship you have with yourself. You need to love yourself

This is a great book. the mastery of love. you should read it.

Answer 5

Well, because it's not true that co-dependency is what leads to all addictions.