Codependency
Hello everyone. I am a recovering addict with 4 months clean. I abused drugs for 8 years thinking trying to overcome several issues and ended up with more destruction and emotional hurt. I realized that adddiction was but a symptom of my unmnageability even before I got on drugs. I grew up with a schizophrenic mom and an abusive father. He had the characters of the best dad ever plus the worst character you could ever find. This made me an over-sensitive person. I wanted to be loved and accepted by everybody. I would help someone to the maximum and then when I see the ungrateful I would be so defensive and negative with them. How do I treat my codependency? How do I become a partner in friendship without asking too much from people and giving too much?