Nina Renata Aron, author of "Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls." (Tai Power Seeff) We are swimming in recovery memoirs, some great, some terrible, most of which center the addict as the hero of ...

The answer might be "yes" if you're too submissive. Or too controlling. Or, if you're hyper-sensitive to others' feelings. Or if you lack empathy. And you might be codependent if you're selflessly ...

Based on these works, the 12-step fellowship Codependents Anonymous was born, with its first meeting taking place on October 22, 1986. 4 One of the best explanations of the early codependency movement ...

If you haven't laid awake at night worrying about relationships, we are not the same. For most of my life, bedtime meant rumination. I'd agonize over a crush. I'd analyze work emails in my mind, ...

Codependency can be damaging to a relationship, leading to feelings of suffocation and dissatisfaction, even in what could otherwise be a healthy partnership. If you find it difficult to create space ...

Dot is the wife of an alcoholic. When she and her husband met and married, she knew that he drank, but she didn't know how much, because he kept much of this behavior hidden. As their marriage ...