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n. (plural of codependent English)
Usage examples of "codependents".
But codependents often do not recognize their responsibility for their own problems.
It isn't a matter of codependents loving the other person more than detached people.
In therapy, codependents are repeatedly told the Three C's: You didn't cause it.
Melody Beattie (1987) describes codependents as angry, controlling, preachy, blaming, hard to talk to, subtly manipulative, amorphous non-persons, and generally miserable.
The codependents of alcoholics have an organization to help them, called Al-Anon (call AA for information).
Self-help groups for other types of Codependents are available in some cities (call Codependents Anonymous at 602-277-7991).
Also, critics point out that caring and loyal codependents are extremely controlled by others and, yet, the recommended treatment by writers in this field is often a 12-step program which teaches "I am helpless" and turns over all the remaining control over their lives to a "higher power.