This is http://www.essayz.com/a9305101.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %COLLUSIVE PRETEND PERMIT TABOO ADDICT CODEPEND+930510 %CREATIVITY ADDICT CODEPENDENT COLLUSIVE DISHONEST 930510 Addicts and codependents are typically very intelligent and creative people. What is peculiar about them is the way in which they direct their intelligence and creativity. True creativity is stifled in order to conceal how crazy their lives are; it is taboo to be honest about how crazy and dishonest their patterns of living are. Their creativity is dedicated to the great challenge of making their crazy and dishonest lives appear normal and worthy of respect---to themselves and to each other. It takes a great deal of intelligence and creativity to manage their collusive games of mutual self deception! (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================