0 involved in a relationship in which one person helps to cause another person's alcohol problem, drug addiction, etc. because they have a strong emotional need themselves: --
A common example of enabling can be observed in the relationship between the alcoholic/addict and a codependent spouse.
Their relationship is somewhat codependent, with each basing the future of every romantic relationship on whether the other approves.
The characters believe that they will be able to maintain their extremely codependent relationships like they had in college.
Together, the two towns produced lumber and were codependent.
The book was successful and influential within the self-help movement, selling over eight million copies and introducing the word "codependent" to the general public.
Codependent debtors incur unsecured debt to pay for another persons' compulsive spending.
These children develop a false self as defense mechanism and become codependent in relationships.
The camp aims to help children understand and cope with an addicted or codependent family member.
