The Myth of Codependency

In a <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xdmgmj/why-the-codependency-myth-of-drug-addiction-needs-to-die-heroin-opioids-abuse" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">recent article</a> 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 inaccurate, unscientific, and harmful. Szalavitz also believe its especially important to kill this myth now because of the high stakes involved in our current opioid crisis in America. <a href="https://chrishoff.medium.com/the-myth-of-codependency-8fdba2b73eee">Website</a>