codependency

Kristina Wandzilak describes her years of addiction to alcohol and drugs, her terrible experiences on the streets, and her process of recovery, while her mother, Constance Curry, chronicles the family's struggles and her own recovery from codependency.

"[A young adult novel that] explores the emotional fallout after a girl cuts ties with her best friend"--Amazon.com.

Reviews the developmental needs of children that are met in healthy families and then shows how these needs are not met by alcoholic parents. Also discusses the issues of codependency and the contribution of non-alcoholic memters to the ill health of the family.

Discusses the meaning of codependency, in which one individual depends upon another for emotional fulfillment, and examines effective ways of dealing with this situation and associated problems.

Explores the causes and effects of codependency, the coping mechanisms that codependents adopt, and ways to break free from a codependent mentality.