American author Melody Beattie named her problem in the 80s, and now one of her books on the subject is being reissued, 'Codependent No More'. Two women aware of being codependent explain how they ...

My last two posts dealt with sex addiction and love addiction, respectively. Though I touched on codependence in the latter, this post will further delve into a “romantic” addiction to an individual, ...

Codependency can be a serious, toxic and even deadly dynamic in relationships when and where drug/alcohol addiction is involved. So, for my money, any revealing light that can be shed on the power of ...

Author Elizabeth Gilbert identifies as a "love addict" and a "blackout codependent." "I get so swept up in somebody that I actually kind of lose my brains and wake up similar to the way that a ...

Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, "All the Way to the River," chronicles her relationship with her best friend and partner, Rayya. The book explores themes of addiction, love, loss, and spirituality as the ...

It’s a fairly well-known truth that relationships are never meant to be easy. Maintaining a long-term relationship by keeping it alive and healthy over decades of change requires effort, labor and the ...

Melody Beattie, 76, a Minnesota native who overcame a turbulent childhood and drug addiction to author a string of bestselling books about codependency, relationships and caring for yourself, died on ...