"Codependency" was presented on Tuesday March 22, 2011, by Ronald E. Harrison; Chemical Dependency Therapist. This program discusses the symptoms and progression of codependency and describes actions and resources that help codependent people to recover from codependency. This program is part of the FREE, annual Dawn Farm Education Series. The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a non-profit community of programs providing a continuum of chemical dependency services. For information, please contact Matt Statman, LLMSW, CADC, Education Series Coordinator, at 734-485-8725 or info@dawnfarm.org, or see http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series.

2. CODEPENDENCY AND YOU RON HARRISON You

3. HE’S ALL YOURS!!

4. What You Need to Know: Your Competency as a Parent, Partner Professional, etc and CoDependent Behavior

6. -OR-

7. I GET MY NEEDS MET THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE.

8. Codependent people often Love others to death. Literally

9. “ KINDLY LET ME HELP YOU OR YOU WILL DROWN,” SAID THE MONKEY PLACING THE FISH IN A TREE.

11. MODIFIED MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS SURVIVAL- health/safety/shelter

12. MODIFIED MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS SURVIVAL- health/safety/shelter SELF

13. MODIFIED MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS SURVIVAL- health/safety/shelter SELF OTHERS

14. MODIFIED MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS SURVIVAL-health/safety/shelter SELF OTHERS Self Actualization

15. MODIFIED MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS SURVIVAL health/safety/shelter - OTHERS Self Actualization

16. MODIFIED MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS 1. Others Codependent behavior takes us back to the first level. 2. Survival Once back here we repeat the same behavior and of course get the same result!

17. PROGRESSION OF AN ADDICTION EARLY MIDDLE LATE NO SYMPTOMS NOTICEABLE SYMPTOMS BEGIN- TO SHOW UP DIAGNOSIBLE “ BY A 10 YEAR OLD”

18. PROGRESSION OF CODEPENDENCY EARLY MIDDLE LATE NO SYMPTOMS NOTICEABLE IN FACT, SEEN AS A WONDERFUL CARING PERSON SYMPTOMS BEGIN- ING TO SHOW UP, HOWEVER STILL LOOKS LIKE A CARING SENSITIVE PERSON DIAGNOSIBLE. ANGRY, REPEAT- ING BEHAVIOR, SEE’S LIFE AS BLACK AND WHITE, CONTROLLING, ETC.

19. MODIFIED JOHARI’S WINDOW SELF

20. MODIFIED JOHARI’S WINDOW SELF SELF and OTHERS

21. MODIFIED JOHARI’S WINDOW SELF SELF and OTHERS OTHERS

22. MODIFIED JOHARI’S WINDOW YOU YOU and OTHERS NO OTHERS ONE

23. MODIFIED JOHARI’S WINDOW SELF SELF AND OTHERS OTHERS NO ONE UNCONSCIOUS SUBCONSCIOUS MEMORIES REPRESSED MEMORIES

24. PSYCOLOGICALLY HEALTHY PERSON SELF AND OTHERS NO ONE OTHERS S E L F

25. ADDICT SELF AND OTHERS SELF no one O T H E R S

26. CODEPENDENCY OTHERS S E L F NO ONE SELF AND OTHERS

27. THE PERFECT MATCH ADDICT CODEPENDENT Addict

28. THE WINNER THE ADDICT - Your son Your daughter Your partner Your husband Your wife Your mother Your father Your client.

30. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS CON’T Frozen feelings Trouble with intimacy Low self esteem Develop victim role Boundary issues Personalize everything Don’t trust your perceptions and/or instincts Others behavior is a reflection of you Unrealistic expectations for yourself Use control and manipulation in relationships Fear rejection and abandonment…

33. -so- We must -

41. SOLUTIONS: 1. THERAPY 2. SELF EXAMINATION 3. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 4. AL-ANON 5. OTHER 12 STEP MEETINGS

44. STEP 6 WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE GOD REMOVE ALL THESE DEFECTS OF CHARACTER. STEP 7 HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGS THEN GET TO WORK!!!