Needs to Know About Codependency.

Cheryl Crandall: I would highly recommend this book to anyone struggling to codependency. Easy to read, wonderful advice.

Canada on Oct 28, 2023

Amazon Customer: This book was recommended by a friend. I thought the book was very insightful, and easy to read and follow along.
Although everyone who is co-dependent has their own unique story, there does seem to be common themes, and her story is very relatable in many ways.
There are many books out there on codependency. I would recommend reading this one, and hope it helps you like it has me.

United States on Sep 05, 2023

MCC: This book helped me to ground myself and understand a bit more about codependency during a crisis. I wished no one would ever feel as confused as l was when I started reading about codependency. Take it easy.

United States on Jul 11, 2023

Tammy S.: One if not the best self help book.

Canada on Jun 28, 2022

Shawni Jewett: I'm just starting to learn about codependency. This was easy to follow and a good place for me to start.

Canada on Jan 07, 2022

Yes: This book was really interesting. The writer gives a lot of herself in order to take us through the considerations chapter by chapter. BUT then she lays it on too thick with biblical quotes. I fully understand that a belief or a faith in something, anything is a huge part of self development but I felt her explanation of having some faith (in yourself or even in a greater thing) was totally lost as she lays on her christian faith way too thick. I understand that the book is written from a very personal perspective but she swings too deep into the bible. She did not need to go there so deeply. I felt like I was trapped in the corner at a gathering by someone wishing to convert me. Obviously her faith is very important to her but this aspect of the book became rather self indulgent leving me very alienated rather than engaged. Shame really as the rest of the book is interesting and insightful.

United Kingdom on Jun 10, 2021

Marvin42: This book spoke to me in so many ways. Sometimes, it seemed as if the author was reciting chapters of my life. Like her, I walked out of an abusive home as soon as I could. However, I was fortunate to have caring relatives in my life who gave me some of the support my parents could not (although they were also helpless against societies conviction that children should stay with their parent as long as they do not break the law, which made it impossible for me to help the child who stayed behind, and opened another can of worms it took me a long time to work through). I sometimes think their support made it easier for me to overcome the past, to search for help in the right place and to distinguish real and honest love from the obsessive delusion that kept my parent's dynamic alive. I wish this book was available in German so that my mum could read it, maybe it would help her and give her some closure. I tried to help her for a long time, until I realized it was just a symptom of my own problem. It was the hardest thing for me to accept that it is sometimes impossible to help someone you love because they are not ready. Unfortunately, I have a sibling who turned to drugs to deal...

United States on Dec 26, 2019

Jessica: I cannot believe I haven't written a review for this book yet -- I've purchased it many times for many friends and have recommended it personally to around 15 people since I read it. I read it over three days in a secluded room at a friend's house after a mental breakdown. Instead of going to the mental hospital, I read this. It literally saved me (or, as she would say, helped me save myself.) I found a therapist shortly thereafter and shared it with her, too -- she thanked me the next time I saw her, as this is now one of her favorite books to recommend to her other clients. If it feels like the universe has been conspiring against you (many things have been going wrong, you keep trusting the wrong people, you just can't seem to get out of your own way, you're chronically ill, etc.) you will benefit from reading this book. I was encouraged to reach out to the author to tell her how much I credited her work with helping me save myself, and I did. She wrote me back the kindest letter, reminding me not to give up when old patterns creep back, exactly when I needed to hear it again most. She continues to help me help myself. I cannot recommend gathering the strength to truly read and...

United States on Jun 06, 2019

Robert van Vaals: This is a fantastic book about codependency. Written by an experience expert this book offers a very committed and focused approach to overcoming codependency. Important in healing is the step of acknowledging a higher power (God, Creator, et cetera, just how you wish to understand this higher power). This has always been a step I stumbled on, however, when I started to read Marianne Williamson's "A Return To Love" a month ago, which is based on "A Course In Miracles", this higher power has brought forth a much more realistic feel. With some books about "A Course In Miracles" as a foundation I found it easy and logical to take this step of acknowledging a higher power. I strongly believe that without this acknowledgement overcoming codependency is a bigger struggle than it should be. It's a tremendous relieve to feel that I don't have to know, solve, understand, et cetera.

United Kingdom on Feb 17, 2019