Awakening Hope" is based on the premise that codependency stems from early attachment disruptions, leading to ongoing anxious and avoidant attachment styles. These styles create a series of defensive behaviors in response to a foundational distrust of attachment that pervades every relationship. 216 pp.
Awakening Hope" is based on the premise that codependency stems from early attachment disruptions, leading to ongoing anxious and avoidant attachment ...
You are not Codependent simply because your adult child is an addict or alcoholic.
All parents of addicted children of any age are terrified, confused, feel out of control, lose sleep, dread the phone calls at 3:00 in the morning.
This book is for parents who are Afraid to Let Go because they do not know how to set boundaries with their adult children without feeling crippling anxiety, or walling themselves off to make separation possible.
You can't "let go." You can't "detach with love." You can't let them "hit bottom." You can't seem to...
You are not Codependent simply because your adult child is an addict or alcoholic.