Stepping Stones to Recovery from Codependency: Experience the Miracle of 12 Step Recovery

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Hazelden Publishing, Jan 26, 1994 - Self-Help - 208 pages
An inspiring collection of articles and personal stories about codependent behavior, this book focuses on self-sabotaging behavior patterns and good principles of self-care.
 

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Contents

WHAT IS CODEPENDENCE?
1
MY BILL OF RIGHTS
3
ADMITTED
5
POWERLESS
6
UNMANAGEABLE
7
OSTRICH
8
DECISIONS
9
EXPECTATIONS
11
FANTASY
95
INVENTORY
96
WRONG IS NOT THE SAME AS BAD
97
HIGHER POWER
98
GRATITUDE
99
STARFISH
100
SUGAR MAMA
101
ACCEPTANCE
104

DETACHMENT
12
LIVING IN TODAY
13
THE VIEW FROM THE TOP
15
LADY
16
FIXING OTHERS
18
BROKEN RECORD
19
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
21
ROAD TO TRUSTING
22
MY MOTHER HAD EYES IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD
23
CRISIS LIVING
24
COMMUNICATION
25
BUT IM NOT AN ADDICTAM I?
26
BEING WHO I AM
29
DROP THE ROCK
31
BALANCE
33
LEARNING TO TRUST ME
35
PATTERNS
37
THE CHILD WITHIN
38
TARGET
39
MADE A DECISION
41
TURN IT OVER
42
THE CARE OF GOD
43
LIVING STEP THREE
44
THE PLANT SURVIVES
45
THE GOD BAG
46
PHONING GOD
48
PRECIOUS CHILD
49
MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS
52
MANAGING MONEY
53
CHAMELEON
54
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
55
ACCEPTING HAPPINESS
56
I DIDNT HAVE TIME
57
LOOSE ROCKS
58
PRAYER IS A SPECIAL TIME
60
ENDINGS VS BEGINNINGS
61
CHANGES
62
MAY WE GO FORTH
64
BORN TO PLEASE
65
LEARNING TO BE A FRIEND
66
COPE
68
BLAME AS A BLOCK TO RECOVERY
69
IMAGE
72
EXCUSES
73
PETS
74
WHAT MOM TAUGHT ME
75
I AM
77
CONFIDENCE
78
CHAOS AND DRAMA
80
TAKING CARE AND CARETAKING
82
CONTROL FREAK
84
ROG OR ESH?
86
JUDGMENTAL
87
HOW ARE YOU?
89
WE GET WHAT WE WORK FOR
90
WHAT IS SELFESTEEM ANYWAY?
92
CHALLENGES
94
CONTROL
106
NUMB
107
MY GARDEN
109
WHY I HAD TO QUIT RETAIL
111
TEACHABLE
114
SEDUCTION OF GRATIFICATION
116
ANGER
118
REALITY
120
PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PAIN
122
STRESSED OUT
124
LETTING GO IS NOT ENOUGH
125
IS CODEPENDENCY A DISEASE?
126
NICE
128
FOR TODAY ONLY
129
INSIDE JOB
130
THE TRUTH OF WHO I AM
131
DENIAL
134
RISKS
135
PLEASE LISTEN TO WHAT IM NOT SAYING
136
PARENT BASHING THE CLOCK
138
SERVICE
140
WHAT IVE LEARNED
142
MAKING GOOD CHOICES
143
WISHES FOR THE NEWCOMER
144
GET TO THE POINT
145
COMPUTERS INSTEAD OF PEOPLE
147
PRAYER AND MEDITATION
149
ARE YOU READY FOR A NEW RELATIONSHIP?
150
STEP EIGHT
152
STEP NINE
153
HEALTHY HELPING
155
DONT GIVE UP
158
LETTING GO
159
FAMILY HERO
160
SHAME
161
CHANGE IS A PROCESS
163
SPIRITUAL RATHER THAN RELIGIOUS
164
GUILT
165
HEALING
167
MEDITATION
168
STEP TEN
170
STEP ELEVEN
171
STEP TWELVE
172
PUSHING BUTTONS
173
FEAR OF EMPOWERMENT
174
ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
177
FORGIVENESS
178
ON THE BUS OR NOT?
179
SALT
181
RISK AND THE CODEPENDENT
182
GRATITUDE
185
RESENTMENT POISON
186
TRADITIONS AND RECOVERY
187
TWELVE STEPS OF CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS
190
TWELVE TRADITIONS OF CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS
191
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