Co-Dependents Anonymous

If you are new to the concept of codependency, this will dispel some of your fears around the subject - and if you are already a CoDA member, then it is essential reading. Goes through the CoDA 12-Steps and Traditions in a very reflective style. There's also a big section on other people's experiences and recovery stories. It is a gracious work - almost unimaginable that people would take the time to write something so empathic and so practical, just for other people to benefit from. It is a work of love, but very grounded and down-to-earth. Hits home as well!

This excellent book is a clear and reassuring resource for anyone battling with co dependent behaviour, or who knows someone who is suffering. Using the 12 Step programme, this is the 'big blue book' for CODA meetings, and the recognised source book for the programme. Recommended for anyone who needs help in this area.

I like this book because it is a good investment and all round resource for Co-dependents. The content is clearly laid out, useful and is easy to follow.

Was amazed this book arrived so fast and I'm right down remote in the West Country. And this book.....Well its the answer to all relationship issues!! And is IDEAL FOR GROUP WORK. Its definitely changing my life for the good. Well done Amazon

Excellent book. Will be a lifelong companion. It has the information need for anyone with codependent issues to turn their lives around and to start experiencing a life with serinty and joy.

Excellent book for understanding co dependents issues. Easy to read and very understandable. Was a lot much cheaper than in store.

This is a must book for all CoDA attendees and for those who want to know more about Codependency. Well laid out, arrived when stated, reasonable price....wouldn't be without it!

Book was like new delighted with it.

Self help program

I am the adult child of two adult children of alcoholics. When my marriage fell apart and I went into therapy, I was baffled when the therapist said, "No Lisa, you're not crazy, but you are severely codependent." Because my parents didn't drink, I was confused by my therapist's diagnosis. And then I read books like Codependent No More and eventually stumbled upon this blue book. I attended my first codependents group--shy--intimidated--and unsure as to what I might find. I had been bullied my entire life by my adult child of an alcoholic mother. I thought her obsessive need to control every thing I did, including how often I changed my underwear when I was a little girl--was the result of a flaw in me. Her inability to trust me--or to be nurturing towards me--made me feel like I was ill--bad--flawed--broken--and never enough. I was well into my thirties, depressed, the mother of three small children and in the throws of a excruciating divorce before I began to understand how lost I was inside of my own being. What I learned to understand was, that codependency isn't like cancer. You can't look at it on a cat scan and say "There it is--now let's go operate and take it out," Codependency is us...it is the way we have been programmed by our caretakers--to disown self--to loathe self--to question self--to worry more about others than we do ourselves. I have turned many of my coaching clients onto this book because I believe so strongly in the enlightening as well as empowering messages about codependency and ultimately--life--that it has to offer. This book is full of personal stories of triumph and human courage. It will inspire you, and even make you cry. It will warm your heart, as it opens your mind...And if you are willing--it will heal your soul too... Namaste... Lisa A. Romano Codependent Recovery Specialist

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So much for anonymity... This is a book used at weekly Codependents Anonymous meetings and I find it helpful to have my own copy for reference.

Great book!