Melody Beattie Book Reviews. Beattie, melody, de cuir, gabrielle: One amazing insight i had while i read melody beattie’s new codependent no more workbook—a sequel to her 1986 bestseller, codependent no more, reissued this month by hazelden’s press—is this:
After turning away from a life of addiction and suffering, melody shared her own story in order to help others change theirs. I absolutely love this book so so much. Inspirations by melody beattie average rating:
I drank and took drugs to cope with my “feelings” about the unbearable shit i tolerated as the child of an alcoholic family.
Codependent no more how to stop controlling others and start caring for yourself by melody beattie (©1986, 1992 by hazelden foundation, usa).this book came to me from a friend at bible study who was responding in a positive way to some strong feelings i was sharing. Melody beattie has a life story that i would never have imagined from codependent no more. She has a powerful insight into how and why things happen and playing it by heart shows how she has truly been there. this book was impossible to put down. These lessons are not really unstuck in time;