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    Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself | Summary
    Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself | Summary
    Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself | Summary
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    Melody Beattie’s self-help book, Codependent No More, explains the characteristics of codependency and how people can work to overcome it. This book was published in l986 and was written at a time when codependency was not fully recognized by the medical community and mental health organizations. Codependency can be defined as emotional or psychological dependence on another person. A codependent person who is in a relationship with an addict can develop many defensive behaviors as they try to control that person and whatever issues arise as a result of the relationship. This person can be a spouse, friend, or family member. Unfortunately, this often can result in the codependent person becoming so hyper-focused on the addicted person that they lose control of their own life. Therefore, although it may not seem to be the case, it is not the chemically dependent partner who needs healing from the pain of addiction, but the codependent person who needs healing. The codependent partner is in just as much pain and needs just as much healing from their own addiction: the addiction of trying to control the chemically dependent person. This is a summary and analysis of the book and NOT the original book

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    Release dateJun 3, 2016
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      Codependent No More - Summary Station

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      Codependent No More:

      How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

      By Summary Station

      Copyright © 2016 by Summary Station

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof

      may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever

      without the express written permission of the publisher

      except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Printed in the United States of America

      First Printing, 2016

      Smashwords Edition

      Table of Contents

      About Melody Beattie:

      KEY TAKEAWAYS

      Key Takeaway 1

      Key Takeaway 2

      Key Takeaway 3

      Key Takeaway 4

      Key Takeaway 5

      Key Takeaway 6

      Key Takeaway 7

      Key Takeaway 8

      Key Takeaway 9

      Key Takeaway 10

      OVERVIEW

      Beattie’s Message

      Book’s Perspective

      Thanks for Reading

      About Summary Station

      About Melody Beattie:

      Melody Beattie: The author is a recovering drug and alcohol user. After finding herself in a relationship with an alcoholic, Melody Beattie began to struggle with codependency. Because she recognized codependency as a challenge many face, she wrote Codependent No More after she was divorced in order to help others like her.

      KEY TAKEAWAYS

      l. Codependency is a very complicated issue; however, understanding this issue’s intricacies is key to healing.

      2. Codependents tend to be reactionary, but if they learn how to act properly and understand their needs, then they can make good, healthy decisions. Reacting without thinking is self-destructive behavior.

      3. Codependents detach from themselves when they become too attached to another person. To truly heal from codependency, a person needs to detach from their obsession with the addict and his or her behavior to realize that healing comes from within.

      4. Codependents

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