The Enabler: When Helping Hurts the Ones You Love (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781587369056)

Co-dependency-of which enabling is a major element-can and does exist in families where there is no chemical dependency. Angelyn Miller's own experience is a dramatic example: neither she nor her husband drank, yet her family was floundering in that same dynamic. In spite of her best efforts to fix everything (and everyone), the turmoil continued until she discovered that helping wasn't helping.

Miller recounts how she learned to alter the way she responded to family crises and general neediness, forever breaking the cycle of co-dependency. Offering insights, practical techniques, and hope, she shows us how we can transform enabling relationships into healthy ones.

Author: Angelyn Miller
ISBN-10: 1587369052
ISBN-13: 9781587369056
Publisher: Wheatmark
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2008
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d