The text describes typical family roles that members tend to assume when a member of the family struggles with chemical dependency. Members tend to assume roles that both protect the chemically dependent person from taking responsibility for his or her behavior and actually serve to perpetuate the problem. Describe three of these roles and explain their function.

What will be an ideal response?


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