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    %COHERENT ADDICT CODEPENDENT PARADIGM MISGUIDED 900728

     Addicts and codependents do not behave according to a
totally  incoherent  set  of attitudes and  ideals.   They
behave according to a coherent,  but misguided,  paradigm.
To  understand  them and the roles which they  play  in  a
technocratic  society,  is it is important  to  understand
their paradigm and the ways in which the elements of their
paradigm  work  together  in a coherent way,   to  produce
incoherent  results which do not make meaningful sense  to
either the addicts and their codependent supporters, or to
others who see their behavior,  but do not understand  its
logic.

     To  deal meaningfully with addicts  and  codependents
one  needs  to  understand the  confused  logic  of  their
paradigm and their misleading attitudes. There is a logic,
but  it is based upon a set of attitudes  and  assumptions
which   are  fundamentally  different  from  those   which
characterize   healthy  people  who  enjoy  personal   and
communal integrity.

     It is futile to reason with addicts and  codependents
in  terms  of a logic which makes sense  only  within  the
paradigm   of  healthy  people.   To  reach  addicts   and
codependents one must understand the patterns which exists
in  their assumptions,  attitudes,  beliefs,  convictions,
attitudes,  values and ideals;  and approach them in  ways
which  will make sense to them in terms which will be able
to reach them with charitable power.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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