When Your Partner Has an Addiction: How Compassion Can Transform Your Relationship (and Heal You Both in the Process)

by Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Beverly Engel, Beverly Engel

Book Overview

Your partner's addiction takes a toll on both of your lives.

That doesn't mean you should turn your back on the person you love.

We've been told that staying with a partner who struggles with addiction--whether it be with drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors--means that we're enabling their destructive behavior. That wanting to help them means we're codependent, and that the best thing for both of us is to walk away from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 194163186X
• ISBN13: 9781941631867
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Benbella Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"