What Anna Lembke has said about Codependency and love addiction
2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 9, 2026
Anna Lembke, Stanford psychiatrist and author of Dopamine Nation, has been quoted on Codependency and love addiction 2 times in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on November 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lembke describes that when the codependent family member lets go, the addicted loved one often moves toward recovery.
“As soon as the codependent lets go, this person gets into recovery. or starts to make the moves”
Huberman Lab: Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna Lembke (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:35:40
Lembke observes clinically that mothers tend toward codependent enmeshment while fathers tend to withdraw in addicted families.
“mothers tend to be more caught up in this codependent enmeshment and enabling, and fathers tend to withdraw and be detached”
Huberman Lab: Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna Lembke (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:40:32
Episodes
Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna LembkeHuberman Lab · Nov 9, 2026 · 2 h 17 min
Andrew Huberman and psychiatrist Anna Lembke discuss dopamine, addiction as an addiction to control, spiritual surrender, codependency, and treatments including GLP-1s and ketamine.
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