Codependency

her grandmother’s house at the age of eighteen. In this time she was supposed to be forming her sense of identity and establishing close, personal relationships but instead she was living to please her husband and spiraling down into depression, codependency, and abuse (Salkind, 2004). She is now living single and struggling to maintain her motivation while entering into relationships with married men or substance abusers. AA recognizes these relationships as being bad for herself and her…

people: on the person, on the loved ones, and on society. Becoming a drug abuser or a drug addict can cause many health issues such as damage to your heart, lungs, stomach, and brain. Drug use can disturb family life and make dangerous examples of codependency, that is, the companion or entire family, out of adoration or dread of outcomes, accidentally empowers the client to keep utilizing drugs by concealing, providing cash, or denying there is an issue. Individuals who utilize drugs encounter…

Alcohol Behavioral Couples Therapy to Decrease Stress Among Partners Addicted to Alcohol Justin J. Kasten University of Wisconsin Whitewater Background Introduction Psychological stress perpetrated on spouses and partners, caused by codependency and substance abuse in one partner, is an increasing social problem in several couples throughout the United States. This type of abuse and stress does not have exact criteria for individuals it affects; however, there are some…

Throughout the riveting true story, Into The Wild, Chris McCandless repeatedly demonstrated intense physical and mental characteristics that a majority of Native American Indians had naturally acquired through personal experience. The author, Jon Krakauer, remarkably illustrates many of the harsh realities the Inuit people endured while living through the erratic Alaskan seasons, while contrasting McCandless’ similar experiences that resulted in a fatal tragedy. Although Krakauer is not…

Abstinence-based treatment of opioid addiction utilizes substance abuse therapy, but not medications, to aid in the treatment of addiction to opioids. Addict is shorthand for opioid addict. For example, the statement “Some addicts abuse heroin” is the same as saying “Some opioid addicts abuse heroin.” The word ‘addict’ derives from the Latin word ‘addictus,’ which means to become a slave (http://bit.ly/20Isq0N). Addiction is shorthand for opioid addiction. The medical term is opioid use…

During the Beat Generation, women began their long journey to finding their independence, identity, and their sexual freedom. Many Beat novels depicted women as either objects or women were treated with complete indifference. In terms of being an object during that time period, women had the pressure from the expected societal norm of becoming a housewife or just becoming another woman for sexual gratification. However, every woman has a different story or pathway to finding our who she is as,…

For example, a wife or husband can adapt to the drug addicts needs by becoming co-dependent. This means living with the abuser by any means necessary. Furthermore “Codependency is a term which describes a double-sided relationship in which one person enables and the other controls. This relationship can happen between just two people, as in the husband/wife relationship, but sometimes it can be seen in the family unit…

bullet while she herself is suffering a miscarriage. Therefore, it seems that while Meredith panics under stress more easily, she does so rather because she is scared for the lives of her loved-ones, not her own. Psychoanalytically, Meredith’s codependency and need for control could be said to stem from her abandonment issues and unstable…

Running head: SHORT TITLE OF PAPER (<= 50 CHARACTERS) How Alcoholism Effects Families April Jeans Coastal College of Georgia Title of Paper Alcoholism and alcohol abuse are among the most common, devastating, and costly problems in the United States. ?Recent studies have shown that approximately 53 percent of adults in the United States have reported that one or more of their close relatives has a drinking…