Codependents never know what to expect, particularly if we’re in a close relationship with a person with a serious problem or compulsive disorder. We’re bombarded by problems, losses, and change. We endure shattered windows, missed appointments, broken promises, and outright lies. We lose financial security, emotional security, faith in the people we love, faith in religion, and faith in ourselves. We may lose our physical well-being, our material goods, our ability to enjoy intimacy, our reputations, social lives, careers, self-control, self-esteem—ourselves.
