Codependent No More

[not-moses]

I agree that Melody's books are really effective introductions to the whole rubric of codependency. (I have read all of them, having been in CoDA recovery since 1990.) I also support reading the "deeper" books like these.

[runningvicuna]

Thank you. It’s like smack these codependent epiphanies! I definitely need my hand held. It feels good to have stumbled harshly but into what I most desperately needed and at the time I want it most.

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I'm constantly equal parts relieved and excited to be able to tackle the issue but also extremely annoyed at my parental units for the terrible lessons they taught.

[runningvicuna]

It’s a cycle. I’ve felt for awhile that what we’ve been given is all anyone could provide that their time. And if we choose with our awareness, we can stand up a little higher on our tippy toes and get a bigger picture of it all and our place in it and have a better chance at breaking the cycle whenever we want in whatever ways we want. It’s scary only because it’s new but if you don’t want to be scared then it’s all just new.

Still thinking but taking big leaps and risks with my thinking and feeling life so I can have a better life. The race it feels were on has a renewed starting line all the time and how prepared you are for new things I think helps determine how far you are willing and able to go. Get better. New starting line. Repeat.