A Short Guide to "Heck Naw" Living : Artistic Overtures : 9780997444025 : 0997444029 : 14 Aug 2016 : Since the 1970's, social sciences began studies that explored the relationship between drug addicts and their loved ones, but little research has been devoted to the social and economic impact of unhealthy dependencies in relationships. Research into the emotional and spiritual pain Codependent relationships create in people's lives was limited and failed to touch upon the "love need" codependent relationships sought to meet through often toxic and destructive choices. Codependency involves a dysfunctional "over-helping relationship" in which one person supports or enables another person's addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-achievement despite repeated attempts to stop enabling the person. One of the core characteristics of codependency involves an excessive reliance on other people for approval and identity, as well as a tendency to blame others for p