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Old 08-22-2012, 10:16 AM
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outtolunch
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A compulsion to communicate our boundaries to others is usually an indication that it's an attempt to control the other person and not a boundary.

"I will not live with anyone in active addiction/alcoholism or early recovery" is a boundary.

It protects me from the chaos of other people's addictions/alcoholism because I choose not to live with it. It does not attempt to compel other people to change.
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