Allowing irresponsible and destructive behavior patterns to continue by taking responsibility for others, not allowing them to face consequences of their own actions.
Any action by another person or an institution that intentionally or unintentionally has the effect of facilitating the continuation of an individual's addictive process.
Things that people who are close to addicts do unconsciously that either encourage, or at least do not interfere with, the addict's drug use.
Behavior in which a person cover up for, or takes responsibility for, the self-destructive actions of another.
denial of, or excuses for, the excessive drinking by an alcoholic to whom one is close
helping to protect someone from the hurtful consequences of his or her destructive choices, so he or she just keeps engaging in problem-causing behavior