Posted by Miss Honeychurch on March 29, 2005, at 14:04:51
In reply to divorce, posted by Eileen Smith on March 28, 2005, at 21:52:36
Eileen,
When I first started therapy almost 2 years ago, my therapist told me there was a very good chance that there would be problems in my marriage as I got better. That many times a marriage is BASED on the sick person's behavior, etc. And as you as a person get better, the person your mate married is disappearing.
I have no experience with alcoholism, but I think many times the mate is pretty codependent and enjoys the role of picking up the pieces.
So this is very common.
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