codependency
noun[U]
uk/ˌkəʊ.dɪˈpen.dən.si/us/ˌkoʊ.dɪˈpen.dəns.i/thesituationin which onepersonhelpstocauseanother person'salcoholproblem,drugaddiction, etc. because they have astrongemotionalneed themselves:
Theyseemto belockedintotheircodependency.
Here are someimportantwarningsignsof codependency:
- Thebookcontainsstrategieson how toovercomecodependency.
- Ifconfronted, codependents usuallydenytheircodependency.
- Somepeopleneed totackletheircodependencyissuesbefore they canletgo ofaddictionoralcoholism.
Being based on or depending on something
- as the case might bephrase
- basesomethingonsomething
- bases
- basis
- boil down tosomething
- egg
- found
- foundational
- hinge
- hinge on/uponsomething
- in the wake ofsomethingidiom
- result fromsomething
- ride
- ride onsomething/someone
- rooted
- spring fromsomething
- strength
- the stuff ofsomethingidiom
- understanding
- wake