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Podcast: Busting Addiction and Its Myths
Episode: Take this Co-dependency Quiz
Description: In this episode called 'Take This Co-dependency Quiz' I take on the myth that the addiction is owned exclusively by the alcoholic or addict and therefore the family must focus its energy on their loved one. We conclude the following instead:Most, if not all, family members of an alcoholic or addict become dysfunctional when living with the disorder. That is why it is called a family disease.Family members therefore become co-dependent. A co-dependent person is one who has let another’s behaviour affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person’s behaviour.All...