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Codependent No More

  • 245 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1986
  • 20 editions

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1 About this book

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--Codependent No More. 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.

  • Family relationships
  • Codependency
  • Patients
  • Self Care
  • Self-help
  • Self-care, Health
  • Substance abuse
  • Family life

2 About Melody Beattie

1948–2025

Melody Lynn Beattie (née Valliancourt; May 26, 1948 – February 27, 2025) was an American author of self-help books on codependent relationships.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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