Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time Paperback – April 1, 1989

I found it very interesting and helpful

I think this is an excellent self-help book in the event you need to heal from this topic. Her books are helpful and eye opening, there are also activities in the books to help you even more.

Bought for a family member that was struggling. I read it first and was very surprised and almost kept it for myself. A lot of insights.

Melody Beattie hit a home run with this one. As you are reading the book, you get a sense that you are not alone in your struggles with codependency. She touches on how she felt and others she knew. The lessons are so simple, yet you have "ah ha" moments with every turn of the page. I have recommended this book to a lot of people because it's not JUST for people who are codependent, it's for anyone who wants healtier relationships all around. She teaches you how to detach with love and to erase shame & guilt. She teaches you how to raise your inner child, without even knowing that you are doing so. This is not a book to be read in one, two, or three sitting, it's a book to be read, put down, thought about, walked away from to marinate, and then return to reading. If you want healthier relationships with friends, family, coworkers, strangers, and to get out of the circle of crazy, this is the book for you.

Very helpful, a book to re-visit many times. Important to read with an open mind the first time.

A must have for co dependency recovery.

Recovery is possible. As a matter of fact, it’s more than possible. It involves Trusting God, telling yourself the truth, making better choices, and using the necessary tools that will empower you to do better. Whether if you opt to read this book in your teens, or different phases of adulthood, you’re reading it at just the right time for you. Because “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

I came to Ms Beattie's first book in the 1990's when dealing with a spouse who had chemical issues. I began to feel poorly about myself while dealing with this toxic relationship, and learned the beauty of detaching myself and self-care. In this book I have found a whole range of ways to heal once past detaching and wanting to work out old family scripts, for example, that were never resolved but kept getting replayed through toxins like shame, not feeling good enough, and down right just not feeling good.My favorite part is when I began to document events that kept coming up as negatives in current relationships (told you were worthless, as a child, for example), spoiling what should be beautiful, and then being asked to draw a conclusion as to how the event made me feel then and now,,,how it continues to upset the apple cart of peace in my life, face it for what it is/ was and discard it as invalid.Many times I have been moved to tears whilst reading, the sweet child still inside me aching so much to return to loving and being loved. I just let 'em flow. Felt just fine. Yes...This is a guy talking, here. If "Codependency No More" was the "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" book, then "Beyond Codependency" is the "build you back up to the self-caring sweet and gentle soul buried deep inside everyone" book.What a treasure. Like water to a man dying of thirst.