Freedom from Codependency: A Christian Response

In these pages, counselor and spiritual director Philip St. Romain explores codependency: what it is, its characteristics, the persons it affects, and how it develops. He also details a plan for recovery -- based on the Twelves Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous -- to help one break free from this destructive addiction. The influence of codependent values in ministry is explored, with examples of how ministers often pass on a skewed understanding of love influenced more by codependency than the Gospel.