Codependent No More

How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

By: Melody Beattie

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Paperback | 15 September 1986 | Edition Number 2

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Is someone else's problem your problem? If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to someone else's, you may be codependent--and you may find yourself in this book.

The healing touchstone of millions, this modern classic by one of America's best-loved and most inspirational authors holds the key to understanding codependency and to unlocking its stultifying hold on your life.

With instructive life stories, personal reflections, exercises, and self-tests, Codependent No More is a simple, straightforward, readable map of the perplexing world of codependency--charting the path to freedom and a lifetime of healing, hope, and happiness.

Melody Beattie is the author of Beyond Codependency, The Language of Letting Go, Stop Being Mean to Yourself, and Playing It by Heart.

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In Newsweek magazine, Dr. Drew Pinsky named Melody Beattie's Codependent No More one of the four essential self-help books available today, calling it the "grandaddy of addiction tomes." "Melody Beattie is an American phenomenon....She understands being overboard, which helps her throw best-selling lifelines to those still adrift." --TIME In "Newsweek" magazine, Dr. Drew Pinsky named Melody Beattie's "Codependent No More" one of the four essential self-help books available today, calling it the "grandaddy of addiction tomes." "Melody Beattie is an American phenomenon....She understands being overboard, which helps her throw best-selling lifelines to those still adrift." --TIME

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Preface to the 2001 Fifteenth Anniversary Edition	p. vii
Preface to the 1992 Edition	p. 1
Introduction	p. 5
What's Codependency, and Who's Got It?
Jessica's Story	p. 15
Other Stories	p. 21
Codependency	p. 31
Codependent Characteristics	p. 41
The Basics of Self-Care
Detachment	p. 57
Don't Be Blown About by Every Wind	p. 67
Set Yourself Free	p. 75
Remove the Victim	p. 83
Undependence	p. 97
Live Your Own Life	p. 113
Have a Love Affair with Yourself	p. 119
Learn the Art of Acceptance	p. 129
Feel Your Own Feelings	p. 141
Anger	p. 151
Yes, You Can Think	p. 163
Set Your Own Goals	p. 169
Communication	p. 177
Work a Twelve Step Program	p. 185
Pieces and Bits	p. 207
Learning to Live and Love Again	p. 227
Epilogue	p. 235
Notes	p. 237
Bibliography	p. 245
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