Addict Brother, Co-Depent. Mother
I was wondering if any of you codependent mothers with addict children have other children with problems resulting from your preoccupation with the addict child.
I'm hardly a child (55) but have an addict brother (54) that has caused chaos for years. I've recently discovered that I'm as mad at my mother as I am at my brother. I want to get over this & be at peace.
Does anyone have any insight or experience with this? Or even any random thoughts to help me look at this with different eyes.
I mainly get involved with helping my brother because I feel sorry for my mother. I also try to get her to see her part in this & even gave her a book on codependency, which she never read. Am I enabling the enabler?