Quote from Dallying:
((but I worry about him. I feel if I could help him and have a positive influence on him, I should try. He doesn't really have any healthy, functioning friends. ))
I wonder if this should be the universal Motto for Codies, as it seems to represent a lot of our reasons for sticking with addicted loved ones.
Lesson number 1. You will become the scapegoat for all that s**T that happens in the A's life, and will be accused of abandonment in the moment of their need, etc.
This is called quacking, because while it makes a lot of noise to us, it does NOT make any sense.........unless you are a special A translator like Naive.