A Twelve Step self-help program for Co-Dependents
Announcement: the Intergroup meeting for May has been rescheduled to from May 17 to May 24, 2012 @ 6:30pm at 74 Trinity Place on the 3rd Floor.
Characteristics of Codependence
Co-Dependents typically:
*Assume responsibility for other people's feelings
*Are not aware of how they feel and cannot identify their feelings
*Tend to minimize, alter, or even deny the truth about how they feel
*Tend to fear or worry about how others may respond to their feelings
*Bolster their self-esteem by trying to solve other people's problems
*Look to other people to determine what to do, say or feel
*Focus their attention on pleasing another person
*Have difficulty acknowledging good things about themselves
*Tend to judge everything they say or do harshly, by someone else's standards
*Have difficulty in forming and/or maintaining close relationships with others
*Have to feel needed in order to have a relationship with others
*Do not know or believe that asking for help is both OK and normal