Affected by Addiction

One day at a time.

Addiction is a family problem, and reintegrating someone in recovery needs to take a systemic frame.  

Often when living with addiction in our environment, we lose our sense of self; this is called codependency. Codependency is the chronic neglect of self to gain approval, love, validation, or self-identity through another person.

We learn codependency patterns through our family dynamics where there once was enmeshment. Enmeshment is a term to describe a relationship where there is lack of boundaries, and the emotions of one family member is felt by all family members in repeated cycles.  

Our path of healing is to relearn and reconnect with the self we were before we were conditioned to believe others created our sense of self.