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Codependent No More
You can love them and still stop carrying their whole life. 📖
Who it's for
Beattie wrote this after years of working with the partners and families of people in addiction treatment, and it gave millions of readers a word for a pattern they had been living: organising their whole life around someone else's behaviour.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Melody Beattie explains codependency: becoming so focused on managing other people's lives and problems that you lose track of your own. Through personal stories, reflections, exercises and self-assessments, she helps readers recognise these patterns and shift toward caring for themselves. First published by Hazelden in 1986, the book helped popularise the concept of codependency.
Where to find it
Widely available in paperback, ebook and audiobook from major booksellers and libraries.
Before you start
Heads up: Discusses alcoholism and addiction.
Age: Adult self-help (not rated); suggested 16+
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Marriage”
