The Best Codependency Books of All Time

The #1 bestseller that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to understanding codependency and unlocking its hold on your life. Melody Beattie’s compassionate and insightful look into codependency—the concept of losing oneself in the name of helping another—has helped millions of readers understand that they are powerless to change anyone but themselves and that caring for the self is where healing begins. Is someone else’s problem your problem?

If, like so many others, you’ve lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to a loved one’s self-destructive behavior, you may be codependent—and you may find yourself in this book. With instructive life stories, personal reflections, exercises, and self-tests, Codependent No More helps you to break old patterns, maintain healthy boundaries, and say no to unhealthy relationships. It offers a clear and achievable path to freedom and a lifetime of healing, hope, and happiness. This groundbreaking book is even more relevant today, as readers confront new, urgent challenges with greater self-awareness, than it was when it first entered the national conversation over thirty-five years ago.

Liberate yourself from the tyranny of codependency. When you are codependent, you are unconscious. You do not know that emotional neglect has caused your brain to believe life is a threatening reality. Instead of believing you are worthy of love, you feel unworthy of love. You do not make choices because they might bring you joy. You play it small, try not to rock the boat, people-please, and focus on what you do not want to happen versus what you would like to happen. Now, awaken, understand, and learn how to confront the illusionary dragon that codependency is.

If you are the adult child of an alcoholic, or have been raised by narcissistic or emotionally immature parents, your childhood conditioning may have programmed you to believe you are unworthy, incapable, and or not enough. Learn how raising your awareness of subconscious patterns can help you heal your life. The Codependency Manifesto: Clearing the Way Out of the Codependent Mind blends science, psychology, and spirituality to approach healing and wellness from a wholistic approach. Author Lisa A. Romano is a certified life coach, best-selling author, radio-show host, and expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse. Romano is also a recovering codependent. She wrote The Codependency Manifesto to help bring about peace in the individual, with the hopes of having that individual then bring peace to their part of the world. She wrote this book out of a belief in human potential once awakened.

The companion volume to "Codependent No More" journeys beyond the concept of self-understanding to analyze the dynamics of the healthy recovery process.