the results of one codependent relationship ... — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Saturday, 20 October 2007

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I don't believe Amedeo was ever again able to sleep soundly. There were times when he awoke in the middle of the night screaming and scr...

“When a codependent dies, someone else’s life flashes before their eyes!” — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Saturday, 20 October 2007

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“Codependency is an emotional, behavioral, and psychological pattern of coping which develops as a result of prolonged exposure to and pract...

5,400,000 people in the United States alone who are suffering from alcoholism. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Saturday, 20 October 2007

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5,400,000 people in the United States alone who are suffering from alcoholism. 4,500,000 of them are males while 900,000 are females. (Encyc...

The effects of Porn addiction — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Saturday, 20 October 2007

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Through internet, videos, cable television, satellite and magazines, pornography has become accessible to almost everyone. By its powerful a...

Emotions Anonymous group and it's purpose. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 12 October 2007

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Emotions Anonymous is ABOUT emotions and how I react, respond and deal with my emotional 'stuff', in particular how my life has beco...

STEP 8 - "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all." — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 12 October 2007

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"Making amends helps us let go of the past. If we are wiling to make amends - and make them- we will be free to meet people and situati...

selfhelp books for gamblers — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 12 October 2007

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Combo Book Designed as an introduction to Gamblers Anonymous as well as the Recovery and Unity Programs. Is the most widely used piece of li...

Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls by Robert Burney — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 12 October 2007

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This dance of Codependence is a dance of dysfunctional relationships - of relationships that do not work to meet our needs. That does not ...

Co-dependent people may also have difficulty owning their own feelings — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 12 October 2007

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Co-dependent people may also have difficulty owning their own feelings. While everyone experiences a wide range of feelings, co-dependent pe...

Co-dependency can be called an other-addiction. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 12 October 2007

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The other that they are addicted to may or may not be another person. If it is a person, they may or may not be chemically dependent. The co...

a "people pleaser" and will do almost anything to get the approval of others — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 12 October 2007

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Have a long history of focusing your thoughts and behaviour on other people. Are a "people pleaser" and will do almost anything to...

I have many times taken pride in the fact that I am a "helper" with others, and I can easily postpone or deny my own needs. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 12 October 2007

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Without even realizing that it is happening, I find myself focusing on others needs even at my own expense. When it is my turn to receive he...

Codependency is a progressive disease — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 5 October 2007

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Codependency is a progressive disease , which takes the form of anything "less than nurturing." Codependency is epidemic (maybe al...

She blames others for her unhappiness and problems, and feels that it's other people's fault that she's unhappy. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 5 October 2007

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"The irony is that as much as a "codependent" feels responsibility for others and takes care of others, she believes deep dow...

The Roots of Addiction — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 5 October 2007

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A Matter of Control Codependency, for others, doesn't express itself in a desire to control, but instead, in the need to be controlled b...

General rules set-up within families that may cause codependency may include: — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 5 October 2007

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It’s not okay to talk about problems Feelings should not be expressed openly; keep feelings to yourself Communication is best if indirect; o...

society is addicted — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 5 October 2007

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There are some natural and healthy behaviors mothers do with children that look like codependency. Are people mutually interdependent on eac...

codependent person encounters someone with healthy boundaries, the codependent person still operates in their own system — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 5 October 2007

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As adults, codependent people have a greater tendency to get involved in relationships with people who are perhaps unreliable, emotionally u...

codependent person encounters someone with healthy boundaries, the codependent person still operates in their own system — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 5 October 2007

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As adults, codependent people have a greater tendency to get involved in relationships with people who are perhaps unreliable, emotionally u...

living with an alcoholic or substance abuser — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Friday, 5 October 2007

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There are many definitions used to talk about codependency today. The original concept of codependency was developed to acknowledge the resp...

People can drink themselves into alcoholism. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Tuesday, 2 October 2007

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“Alcoholism” is popularly thought to be a situation where people drink too much, too often, for too long, and they negatively affect their o...

Scientists found the gene for alcoholism twenty years ago — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Tuesday, 2 October 2007

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. Many people remember the hoopla surrounding the announcement in the early 1980s that the DRD2 gene was the cause of alcoholism. This find...

Babies born of mothers who use drugs during pregnancy are born “addicted”. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Tuesday, 2 October 2007

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No, “addiction” (dependence) requires a fully developed nervous system and the presence of the drug to produce dependence. First, not all b...

Alcoholics can drink socially. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Tuesday, 2 October 2007

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There are a few scientific studies that suggest this. But most of these studies look at “problem drinkers”, and do not satisfactorily diffe...

Treatment doesn’t work. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Tuesday, 2 October 2007

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People who don’t like “addicts” or their lifestyle will often point out that relapse (“falling off the wagon”, resumption of drug use after ...

It is not possible to overdose on caffeine. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Tuesday, 2 October 2007

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Actually, the human lethal dose of caffeine is around 10 grams. But you would have to drink about 100 cups of coffee to even have a chance ...

Stress causes “addiction”. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Tuesday, 2 October 2007

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Research on this topic is incomplete, and we know that stress can trigger relapse in a recovering person. It appears that stress can increa...

There is an “addictive personality”. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Tuesday, 2 October 2007

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An addictive personality is presumably something that can be seen in young people that helps predict whether they will become “addicted” lat...

Alcoholics can stop drinking – all they have to do is attend A.A. meetings. — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Tuesday, 2 October 2007

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The key word here is “all”. A.A. doesn’t work for everyone (even for many people who truly want to stop drinking). For most people, A.A. ...

You cannot overdose on alcohol — by LIQUID NEWS ENGINE on Tuesday, 2 October 2007

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. Alcohol has a lethal dose of around 24 ounces (1.5 pints) of 40% distilled spirits for a 70-kg (150-lb) male, when the beverage is drunk ...