They show a meek personally and would rather someone else make all the decisions. A codependent person can be overzealous in trying to help someone. They believe they are helping but in reality they are engaging in behaviors that enable people with other addictive behaviors such as
...drug abuse or alcoholism. In a study conducted by Daniel Harkness, PhD, ACSW he explored a model of codependent attitude and behaviors in the relationship between Alcohol and Other Drug problems in the family origin.
His findings suggest the codependent behaviors may be used to try to protect any offspring in the family. An article found in mental health practice February 2004 vol 7 no 5 pages 30-32 discusses Co-dependent and abusive relationships of women clients of the addiction service. It is noted that some professional are mis-diagnosing codependency which can hamper any recovery efforts made by the individual. The article notes that 80 percent of the codependent market was female.
The Self-Perception of Women Who Live With an Alcoholic Partner: Dialoging With Deviance, Strength, and Self-Fulfillment* written by Einat Peled and Ilana
Sacks** describe women with codependency as women caring for abusive, ill, alcoholic and or a disabled partner and struggling to comply with social and personal expectations of their ability to care for their partner. When I think about drugs and alcohol I have a lot of opinions about different things. I have always had a high interest in this area.
I know that drugs and alcohol affect thousands of people and families every year. When thinking about the moral-legal perspective I do not think that drugs should be legalized but I think a lot of the reason is that it would be hard for the government to tax it. Alcohol and cigarette smoking are the two most deadly addictions and they are legal and taxed. I think that a lot of the drugs that are being abused are licit drugs. They try to keep people from getting these licit drugs by using punishment.
If people want the drugs they are going to find a way to get them. People do a lot of irresponsible things while they are under the influence of drugs and alcohol. I think regardless of how many drugs you have taken of how many alcoholic beverages you have drank you should still be responsible for every action you make. If you kill someone in a car crash while under the influence of drugs or alcohol you should very much be punished for being so irresponsible.
When I think about the medical-health perspective I think about alcoholism and drug addiction in the sense of it being a disease. I do think that these things can be handed down to you through genetics but you have
the decision to act on this disease or to overcome it. It is ultimately a choice that you have to make. No one can make you drink alcohol or make you smoke marijuana you choose these things for yourself. Peer pressure can be a very hard thing to overcome and most teens can’t seem to fight the urge to fit in.
I have went to the physician’s office and filled out a questionnaire that asked how many drinks to you drink and how often. I don’t know if it’s just me but I think that when they say you have an alcohol problem because you have more than two drinks at a time is a little bit absurd. I know a lot of people who will binge drink on the weekends and I never really saw the adverse effects it has on a person and their well-being but I do think it can happen. I do think it is the physician’s responsibility to make the patient aware of the effects of alcohol and drug addiction.
I don’t think they should preach to the patient if they have never had any signs of using or abusing drugs and alcohol. More and more young people need to know the risks of drugs and alcohol and how it harms the body and other people around them. I know peer pressure plays a huge role in society today but I think if we helped teens and children see a bit more clearly maybe there wouldn’t be as much peer pressure. Parents as well as the entire family need to make their children a lot more aware of all the side effects.
I
do not think that parents talk to their children nearly enough about anything especially drugs and alcohol. People work a lot more hours these days and when they do see their children they don’t want to spend the quality time preaching to them about things like drugs, alcohol, sex and all of the other things parents tell their kids. In conclusion to my perspective I just think that we ultimately need more preventive treatment so that we don’t have to spend so much money trying to make people better from their disease.
