The Death of an Alcoholic - codependency kills alcoholic
The Death of an Alcoholic - codependency kills alcoholic
“My friend Robert died the other day. He died alone in a hotel room and his body wasn’t found for two days. He weighed 125 pounds when he died. Robert was an alcoholic who couldn’t stay sober.” “I believe that the great majority of Alcoholics are born with a genetic, hereditary predisposition that is physiological. Environment does not cause Alcoholism. Robert was not an Alcoholic because he was shame-based - it was because of his shame that he could not stay sober.” “Robert was born with a genetic predisposition to have a fatal disease, Alcoholism. His childhood inflicted a second fatal disease on him. My friend Robert was one more of the many Alcoholics to die of Codependence.” “Robert went to lots of meetings and tried real hard to work the program but on one critical point he didn’t have enough humility. He did not have enough humility to accept that he was lovable.”
On this page is an article written by codependence counselor/Spiritual teacher about a friend who died of alcoholism.
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(The article “The Death of an Alcoholic” by Robert Burney originally appeared in Recovery Today a monthly newsletter of the LCDC training School which are distributed throughout the state of Texas.)
Although my book and articles make reference to Alcoholics Anonymous, the principles and Twelve Step program of A.A., this does not mean that A.A. has reviewed or approved the contents of this writing, nor that A.A. agrees with the views expressed herein. A.A. is a program of recovery from alcoholism only - use of this material in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after A.A., but address other problems, or in any other non-A.A. context, does not imply otherwise.
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