120 Quotes About Codependency

"Take it from me, all dependent relationships with drugs and alcohol end in divorce or death."

"We each can foster loving and kind relationships through meditation and repeating mantras."

"Many of us live in denial of who we truly are because we fear losing someone or something-and there are times that if we don't rock the boat, too often the one we lose is ourselves...It feels good to be accepted, loved, and approved of by others, but often the membership fee to belong to that club is far too high of a price to pay."

"i apologizedwhen you destroyed mei held onwhen i should’ve let go"

"sometimesi love you meansi want to love yousometimesi love you meansi’ll stay a little while longersometimesi love you meansi’m not sure how to leavesometimesi love you meansi have nowhere else to go"

"This dissociation from the body extends to emotional disengagement. Without access to his feelings a man can’t help but lose track of who he is, what his priorities are and what is normal for him."

"Few men realize how much of their lives are lived in pursuit of the values our culture has traditionally associated with masculinity. These values – a primary focus on work, logical thinking and always being in emotional control – have many benefits to men and their families. When taken to extremes, the pursuit of traditional masculine values becomes a cage for feelings, a stranglehold on life itself."

"If I am this capable of loving an alcoholic so much, imagine how awesome I could be at loving myself."

"So many mothers are unable to let their children go into the adult life and become literally attached to them giving rise to codependency"