Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time

I found it very interesting and helpful

Great book

This book is lovely. It has helped me understand a lot about my life and has given me the tools to move forward. All of Melody Beattie's books are wonderful, but her continued interest in codependency and review of her own books has made her a writer who is invested in her readers and their growth. I suggest this book often, along with Codependent No More.

She has changed countless lives. Truly a recovery pioneer. Brilliant. I personally retain and implement her wisdom and practical life skills every day.

This book is so good. It’s like a life tool or study guide.

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.

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.

Excellent read. Very easy to understand, helpful for all who are interested in having a much better futur for themselves..

This book is life changing. If you are at the stage where you recognise you may have a co-dependency problem then this is the book for you. It helps you recognise your behaviours which are co-dependent, self harmful and harmful to your relationshiop. Then it challenges you to change these behaviours. IT WORKS and for the first time in my adult life I am finally able to feel a complete person and able to make myself happy, without therapy. Highly recommend this book.

This is a really helpful, insightful and warm approach to a significant issue. It helped me understand myself, and explore how to move forward. It pulls no punches but is ceaselessly hopeful and full of faith. Thanks Melody Battie; what a gift this is.

This was a gift to someone who has told me it is an iincredible life-lesson book

This book truly is special. It gives us the “how”, it empowers and it inspires me to continue on my journey. I would recommend this book a million times over!