SugarLilly - Some of the lines that jumped out at me were: "I saw people who felt responsible for the entire world, but they refused to take responsibility for leading and living their own lives"
"I saw people give until they were angry, exhausted, and emptied of everything. I saw some give until they gave up"
"With great precision and detail, they (codependents) could recite long lists of the addict's deeds and misdeeds: What he or she thought, felt, did and said; and what he or she didn't think, feel, do and say."
"I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again. They were that angry because anyone who had tolerated what they had would be that angry. They were controlling because everything around and inside them was out of control."