Originally Posted by
coffeedrinker 
could it be that Ego is involved?
When I posed the same question to my counselor, she told me this:
"That's your ego talking. He doesn't NEED you, he NEEDS AA. I was offended when she said it. But, looking back, she was right. I thought I was the answer to his problems. I thought I had the power to solve them, make him better. It was my ego. I had no power to help him. I didn't even have the power to help myself at the time.
I wanted to make myself feel better by helping him, but that was only because it seemed easier than doing what I had to do for myself.
L