Commemoration of All Faithful Departed
Chapter 26
The Rule of Benedict November 2
There is a name for a person who inserts herself between another person and the consequences of that other person's actions: an enabler. The fiction that an enabler tells herself is that her mediation is helping, when, in fact, it is only contributing to the problem. Enabling behavior is indicative of a serious problem within the enabler herself. A problem that requires a like cure.
Think of the recovery groups that spring up around A.A.: Codependents Anonymous, Al-Anon. These bear witness to the principles at play in this chapter.
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