Abstract
This article considers general issues and the relevance of co-dependence, and the results of pilot study of wives and husbands who have alcohol problems are given . Under the co-dependence, we understand, a painful condition in real time, which is largely the result of adaptation to a family problem. Initially, this remedy or means of survival for the person in adverse family circumstances for him, a kind of anchored response to stress or alcohol addiction a loved one, which eventually becomes a way of life.