Well said, Guest 14-Aug-01 - 02:54PM.

"Dysfunctional" is a self-help buzzword, and it has a great deal of the weasel word about it too. It is often used, for instance, by Al-Anon members, to describe the families of other Al-Anon members. Or by people who are having a hard time coping with life to describe their family of origin.

As used by Guest 13-Aug-01 - 10:27 AM, Guest 13-Aug-01 - 11:09 AM, Guest 13-Aug-01 - 11:26 AM, and Guest 13-Aug-01 - 12:28 PM, however, it is merely slander.

What I wonder is that if these guests really think this place is so "dysfunctional", why do they stick around? They are "enabling" us and by so doing, are part of the problem and not the solution. They're "co-dependent".

Alex