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Summary: Like a big comforting hug
Review: This is the first book I have read by Beattie and it surely deserves 5 stars. I thought it was going to be a self help book but it is better than that it is a story, an autobiography and self help all in one. It is well written, it flows, keeps your interest and really makes you think about the way us humans relate to the world. It is non-blaming and at the same time comforts and supports the reader through their own experiences, past and present.
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Summary: Prostitution, drugs, to fame in codependency research
Review: Wow. When a friend lent me a copy of this book, I had to buy myself one. This is such a terrific addition to literature and I am so enlightened to have read it. I read Codependent No More over and over with a 1980s copy, and I never would have guessed what Ms. Beattie went through to get where she's at today. Prostitution so she could get drugs, rape from drugged stupors, her arm being photographed with all its needle marks and used to show school children the horrors of drug use -- the clinicians certainly never thought she'd amount to anything, but she learned codependency is the root of all addiction.A wonderful read. It will make you cry! It did me. A lot of people, men and women, will see themselves in her story. It really makes a person appreciate how she knows so much about codependency and is such an authority. Personal experience, that's what she has to share. I love her meditation books, too. Such an inspiration and used in Codependents Anonymous meetings everywhere. Her books should be a must-read for high school students. She can help people before it's too late. Her humor in the book is especially wonderful because with all she went through, it makes one wonder what she could find to laugh about, and her humor just further brings home what an astounding woman Ms. Beattie is!
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