A client's wife has been making excuses for her alcoholic husband's work absences. In family therapy, she states, "His problems at work are my fault." Which is the appropriate nursing response?
A) "Why do you assume responsibility for his behaviors?"
B) "Codependency is a typical behavior of spouses of alcoholics."
C) "Your husband needs to deal with the consequences of his drinking."
D) "Do you understand what the term 'enabler' means?"
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