The Myth of Codependency

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In a recent article written for Vice, neuroscience journalist Maia Szalavitz, challenged the idea of codependence calling it a myth that needs to die.

In this article Szalavitz takes on the belief that “codependency,” the idea that partners and relatives of addicted people basically have a disease just like their loved ones — leading them to “enable” the problem by preventing addicts from “hitting bottom,” is…