Co-dependency of which enabling is a major element can and does exist in families where there is no chemical dependency.
Miller recounts how she learned to alter the way she responded to family crises and general needi.
In spite of her best efforts to fix everything (and everyone), the turmoil continued until she discovered that Helping wasn t helping.
Angelyn Miller s own experience is a dramatic example: neither she nor her husband drank, yet her family was floundering in that same dynamic.
Co-dependency of which enabling is a major element can and does exist in families where there is no chemical dependency