The Storyville Project is a publication of the nonprofit organization, the Lakes Area Writers Alliance and is a collaboration of creative nonfiction and fiction from our Minnesota-based author/members. Because our members come from all walks of life, you will find a variety of subjects and styles within.The Lakes Area Writers Alliance's goal is to encourage and support our fellow writers.Everyone published in this book, and all who worked to see it...

Many people are in dysfunctional relationships without knowing they are.This kind of relationships are one-sided, symbiotic, and unhealthy in nature. Psychologists have found a word for people in these relationships though; they call them codependents. Codependency is characterized by a person belonging to a dysfunctional, one-sided relationship where one person relies on the other for meeting nearly all of their emotional and self-esteem needs. It also describes a relationship t...

Many people are in dysfunctional relationships without knowing they are.This kind of relationships are one-sided, symbiotic, and unhealthy in nature. Psychologists have found a word for people in these relationships though; they call them codependents. Codependency is characterized by a person belonging to a dysfunctional, one-sided relationship where one person relies on the other for meeting nearly all of their emotional and self-esteem needs. It also describes a relationship that...