06/22/2026
Some come to Celebrate Recovery thinking they only need help with an addiction, but one of the most common hurts and hang-ups we see is codependency.
Codependency can look like:
• Feeling responsible for other people's emotions, choices, or happiness.
• Constantly rescuing, fixing, or enabling others.
• Having difficulty saying "no" without guilt.
• Losing yourself while trying to take care of everyone else.
• Needing approval or validation from others to feel valued.
• Staying in unhealthy relationships out of fear, obligation, or guilt.
• Ignoring your own needs while focusing on everyone else's.
At first, these behaviors can look like kindness, loyalty, or love. But over time, they often lead to exhaustion, resentment, anxiety, broken boundaries, and unhealthy relationships.
Healthy relationships allow people to take responsibility for their own choices.
Codependency takes responsibility for things that were never ours to carry.
Jesus never called us to control people, rescue people, or become their Savior.
He called us to love people while trusting Him with what only He can do.
Recovery teaches us that we can care deeply about others without carrying burdens God never intended us to carry.
We can set healthy boundaries. We can learn to say yes when we mean yes and no when we mean no. We can find our identity in Christ instead of in being needed by others.
If you've ever felt trapped in unhealthy relationship patterns, exhausted from trying to fix everyone, or unsure where your responsibility ends and someone else's begins, you're not alone.
Celebrate Recovery at Hope Tri-Cities is a safe place to find healing, freedom, and healthier ways of relating to others.
Join us tonight for a ladies only open share group as we work through life's hurts, hang-ups, and habits together.
Celebrate Recovery at Hope Tri-Cities
700 Comstock Street, Richland
Open Share Group: 6:00–7:00 PM
You don't have to carry what was never yours to carry.