Old 01-04-2012, 05:15 PM
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TiredandSpent
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Originally Posted by healthyagain View Post
My inside is twisting right now. You are so right, but my inside wants to oppose what you say. How can anyone say anything against love, the most powerful feeling of all? I, as a codependent, am stuck with this idea of love, my system of beliefs. Yet, that very romantic perception of love and idealism brought me where I am today, stuck.

Painfully true.
But is codependent love really love? Or is it need?

Is the love a codependent feels for the A the same as the love the A feels for the alcohol/DOC? Not all love is healing and worth nurturing.
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