Dependent relationships
Overcomers Outreach this week was another great night. I just love being there and listening to people share their stories. Because we are an umbrella 12-step program we don't delve into the details of specific addictions/self-destructive behaviours in the actual meeting, so some of them I want to find out more about later.
One of the addictions I am curious about right now is "co-dependent relationships". I listen and I think, 'isn't just about everybody in co-dependent relationships?' - OK, so I know there are degrees of such things, but I wonder whether most people would have times in their lives when, for one reason or another, they veer into that scenario, or some kind of "attachment" problem etc. So I am curious about what exactly this addiction is, or where these things cross the line into something that takes you off to a 12-step group. I came home with yet another book to read, so I will see how that goes. (If anyone has anything they'd like to say or recommend about such things, go ahead.)
On a similar, but perhaps completely different note, I was interested in the way Tim Keller, in the talk on singleness I mentioned below, talked about the 'interdependence gift' that most women have. I want to listen again and think more about that, because that seems to me to be of importance when you're saying anything to single women, in particular (eg encouraging them to go out and take initiative in ministry or some such thing).
(Anyway, here is yet another half-baked blog post for you! I'm getting good at these - so much easier than having to actually finish or resolve anything or reach any kind of conclusion. You can blog things before you've actually got anything to say, and then not come back when you've done the hard work.)