How might being a codependent
adversely affect a person's physical and
mental health?

Being codependent can adversely affect a persons physical and mental health.

Explanation:

Being codependent with a drug user or an alcohol abuser can affect you both mentally and physically in a codependent relationship. In a codependent relationship you may be enabling your partner to abuse alcohol by covering up for the other persons mistakes such as calling in sick for someone who stayed out all night drinking. You are helping that person make excuses for their behavior so they never face the consequences of their actions and therefore they continue to make mistakes such as if you call in and cover for the person not making it to work. The person doesn't get fired. After awhile you are making excuses for all of their mistakes they make while they are drinking and this will lead you to feeling guilty and negative about yourself and what if this person is drinking and driving and gets into an accident and you say you were driving the person didn't learn the lesson so therefore you enabled him/her to go out and drink again and this time he/she kills someone. You will feel guilty about this and it will affect all of your other relationships as well as your mental health which may then lead you down the pth of drinking and driving and risk being in jail for murder.