Adding to what cynical posted, I rode the pink cloud each time my daughter was in recovery. I thankfully continued to work on myself during the good times, figuring out how I became a classic codie and how to prevent that in the future.
I never realized how consumed (addicted) I was to other people and their issues, until I stopped doing it. When I look back at my earlier posts, they were all about my daughter. When I think back to a thousand conversations with friends, that had nothing to do with addiction, they were mostly gossip, complaining and rants.