A Disease of One's Own

During the 1990s, co-dependency has become part of the landscape of popular culture. This book examines the phenomenon from a sociological perspective, viewing co-dependency as a belief system that affects the self and social relationships.

John Steadman Rice

Introduction; 1: Co-Dependency, Discourse, and Cultural Change; 2: A Genealogy of Co-Dependency: Truth Rules and the Twelve-Step Subculture; 3: The Anatomy of Co-Dependency; 4: A New Theory of Addiction; 5: Addiction and Analogy; 6: Becoming Co-Dependent: Conversion, Ritual, and Obligation; 7: Recovery; 8: The Ironies and Consequences of Cultural Change