Read the chapter on Detachment from Co-dependent No More...last night. Definitely a good read and hit home in a lot of ways. 25% through the book. Don't know if I buy all of the things in co-dependency...I think a certain amount of co-dependency is normal when it comes to a spouse or significant other or the situations each of us face...but does help to reenforce that a certain amount of detachment is necessary and sometime you can do nothing to change a situation. Sometimes you have no other choice but to let go and stop protecting someone.
"Friendship is like peeing your pants: everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth."