A client's wife has been making excuses for her alcoholic husband's work absences. In family therapy, she states, "I just need to work harder to get him there on time." Which is the appropriate nursing response?
A. "Why do you assume responsibility for his behaviors?"
B. "Codependency is a typical behavior of spouses of alcoholics."
C. "Your husband needs to deal with the consequences of his drinking."
D. "Do you understand what the term ‘enabler' means?"
ANS: C
The appropriate nursing response is to use confrontation with caring. In Stage One (The Survival Stage) of recovery from codependency, the codependent person must begin to let go of the denial that problems exist or that his or her personal capabilities are unlimited.
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