Codependency: The "Normie" User Guide: How the Non-Addict learns to Love when Love Hurts

Author: Rochelle CunninghamPublisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformPaperback:ISBN 10: 1492164674ISBN 13: 978-1492164678No-one is exempt from communicating with an addict. One of the problems in our society today is that addictive behavior creates complications in our lives. Addicts are in our families, the workplace, our schools, our neighborhoods, and even in the mirror. At some point you have dealt with, or are currently dealing with, an individual who suffers from addiction or behavioral issues. Codependent relationships best describes how easily we get lost in someone else’s dysfunction. The Normie User Guide was created for the non-addict, the Normie, who wants to live codependent-free and desires better communication in relationships with the addict. Normies face a spectrum of challenges ranging from the ability to have simple conversations, to creating boundaries, to loving the addict. Relationships between addicts and Normies become problematic when two minds of opposing logic clash; both parties become emotionally overwhelmed, resulting in exhaustion and defeat. This guide offers new insight so that Normies discover how to D.E.A.L. with addicts and addictive behavior. Sensitive and personal narratives guide readers as they share experiences and are empowered to negotiate ways to learn, love, and live a peaceful existence with the addict About the Author Rochelle Cunningham was born in Boise Idaho and educated at the University of Oregon and Boise State University. She holds multiple bachelor degrees in Communication and Journalism; she is a certified Small Claims Mediator; and is also a published author of works of poetry and short stories in "The Eclectic Collage Vol II". Interests in human relations and interpersonal communication motivated Rochelle to research, develop, and publish an essential user guide for non-addicts: "Codependency: The “Normie” User Guide: How the Non-Addict learns to Love the Addict when Love Hurts". Encouraging healthy communication is a strong passion and the catalyst to her thriving writing career. She accomplishes this through the practice of peaceful conflict resolution, creating poetry, and writing memoirs, non-fiction, and fictional short stories. Currently, Rochelle devotes her time transcribing oral stories, timelines, and family histories; transforming them into unique gifts of written legacies to be published for future generations to treasure.