Recommended Reading

can I recommend to families of an addict loved one, this book:

Codependent No More, How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie.
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 someone else's, you may be codependent-and you may find yourself in this book. The healing touchstone of millions, this modern classic by one of America's best-loved and most inspirational authors holds the key to understanding codependency and to unlocking its stultifying hold on your life. With instructive life stories, personal reflections, exercises, and self-tests, Codependent No More is a simple, straightforward, readable map of the perplexing world of codependency-charting the path to freedom and a lifetime of healing, hope, and happiness.

This author also has a book "Marriage on the Rocks" which is about living with an alcoholic.


I am taking my boys to the park, take care all.
Tashi Delek!!
Another book that I read & helped was called, "Addict in the Family". I don't have the book with me at the moment though if anyone needs to get the authors' name, let me know.
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healable, this one also.
dora, if you can get the author's name for the book you suggesteed, that would be helpful.

thanks.
by the way, Brownie is fine -- showing up twice daily at the back door and eating well.
spends half her day sitting in the bushes waiting for squirrels to come,
Hi Bob, Once again you put a smile on my face while I'm in a slump.... The thought of Brownie waiting for the squirrels!!!!

Here is the authors' name.... Addict In The Family (Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery) Beverly Coyners. I originally bought it last spring when my late bf and I were split for a while, it is honest, heartwarming and encouraging...... It really helped to read it as I felt isolated and lost.

Another book that is good.... Old Patterns, New Truths. It's a workbook by Earnie Larsen.
Here is one other book mentioned on a diifferent thread...

"Cracked" Dr. Drew Pinsky
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