I thankfully had more 'normal' people in my life during my formative years than codependents.
Originally Posted by
KariSue 
Do they normally just say "You do drugs. I want nothing to do with you until you stop" and leave them on their own?
That's pretty much what they all said to me about drugs and alcohol, and I wasn't an addict/alcoholic. I was experimenting and abusing.
I remember one of my friends mom's telling me she didn't want her daughter around me because I started smoking cigs. The mom was also one of my teachers and she continued to treat me with respect. I respected her for the honesty, and everyone else for that matter.
The thing is, everyone these days are always surprised when I share those memories and about how people distanced themselves from me. People today are surprised that I respected the honesty in my past. To me that means these people I know today are enablers.