Tag: Codependency
Love Addiction, Boundaries & Codependency
“Addiction is not limited to substances, and addiction recovery is not limited to abstaining from an addictive substance or behaviour. Process addictions, including love or relationship addictions, can also be detrimental — as can other maladaptive behaviours such as codependency.”
No Contact Rule
I’ve always dealt with a lack of clarity when it came to my romantic relationships. I see what I want to see(believe what I want to believe), and ignore the unpleasantries. Again, I made a life of another more appealing than my own solitude. Their wellness dictating my own ability to function. So I hope if… Read More No Contact Rule
Recovery Road: Compromise to Love
I read this article today about having expectations of people outside of ourselves. If they don’t do things the way we feel they should, we automatically feel like they’re not doing enough. Love addiction reacts to life stresses like drugs, a means to escape. Relationships become the main source of pleasure, and when they aren’t… Read More Recovery Road: Compromise to Love
Recovery Road: Standing up and Loving more
At the beginning of the year I made a conscious decision to remain single for one year as a test, and eventually push for 5 years of singlehood. Well that plan got shifted. A month into the new year I was officially in a new relationship. I have acknowledged, and been honest with myself that… Read More Recovery Road: Standing up and Loving more
Recovery Road: Real Time Learning
She’s most beautiful in how she’s indirectly pointing me to love myself more. I can choose or not choose(as she said) to believe she loves me, from her words. But her absence speaks so much louder, to how I am still searching for that love and appreciation inside myself. I want to hold my head… Read More Recovery Road: Real Time Learning
Elisa Marie King 
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