Abstract

wO V VER THE PAST DECADE, the United States has seen a burgeoning of self-help groups that offer aid to individuals seeking to emancipate themselves from "codependent" or "addictive" relationships. The vast current literature on codependence provides an array of guiding texts for these groups, outlining both the nature of the pathology that underlies anguished attachments and the path to recovery from codependence or love addiction. In addition, a veritable army of therapeutic gurus offering specialized treatment and workshops for this newly identified population of sufferers has emerged, both reflecting and shaping the ideational tone of this self-help movement.

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