Codependent No More

REVISED AND UPDATED * With a New Chapter on Trauma and Anxiety, a List of Resources, and More * 2023 Nautilus Book Award Winner * As Heard on Glennon Doyles We Can Do Hard Things PodcastThe cultural phenomenon that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to understanding codependency and unlocking its hold on your life.Melody Beatties compassionate and insightful look into codependencythe concept of losing oneself in the name of helping anotherhas guided millions of readers toward the understanding that they are powerless to change anyone but themselves and that caring for the self is where healing begins.Is someone elses problem your problem? If, like so many others, youve lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to a loved ones self-destructive behavior, you may be codependentand you may find yourself in this book. With personal reflections, exercises, and instructive stories drawn from Beatties own life and the lives of those shes counseled, Codependent No More helps you break old patterns and maintain healthy boundaries, and offers a clear and achievable path to healing, hope, freedom, and happiness.This revised edition includes an all-new chapter on trauma and anxietysubjects Beattie has long felt necessary to address within the context of codependencymaking it even more relevant today than it was when it first entered the national conversation over thirty-five years ago.