Co-Dependents Anonymous

Excellent! Book arrived in perfect condition! Overnight as well!!

The only requirement for membership in CoDA is a desire for healthy and loving relationships. (3rd Tradition)Preamble except: No matter how traumatic your past or despairing your present may seem, there is hope for a new day in the program of Co-Dependents Anonymous.I found my people.

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. RomanoCodependent Recovery Specialist

What an interesting read!! Not just another 12 step program!! As I'm in 2 already & not ready for a 3rd!!! I will be though!! I'm a future-tripper & preparing for my next program!! Excellent book!! 😊

This book will change your life awakening your inner child in to a recovery much fuller than you ever could imagine

I purchased a used one. It was in great shape. This book is helping me on my mental health journey. Worth the read.

If you are on the journey, the book is a must!

A must for people in recovery. Adult Child and codependence are the core issues of all other compulsive/addictive behaviors. This book contains the wisdom of many who have walked out of the unmaneagability of our old ways of interacting with ourselves and others. It's a relief to learn we didn't do this to ourselves, and we aren't born this day.Recovery is a beautiful word. When a recovery expedition is done in the world, it is to retrieve something of great value. Sunk ships, buried treasures, lost people. Twelve step recovery takes us back to find our authentic selves, retrieve our abandoned parts, heal, and learn the skills we didn't develop in our formative years. This book was critical to my recovery, and I will return to it year after year, because codependence is a deeply rooted compulsive disease. I never want to go back to the pain of hitting bottom again. So I work it like I'm worth it.