I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life.

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Beattie's early works also served as the first the Big Book for a 12-Step program called Co-Dependents Anonymous. The book was successful and influential within the self-help movement selling over eight million copies and introducing the word codependent to the general public. Paul Minnesota) is the author of Codependent No More publiMelody Beattied in 1987 by the Hazelden Foundation.

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Beattie's early works also served as the first the Big Book for a 12-Step program called Co-Dependents Anonymous. Her most recent book is Make Miracles in Forty Days: Turning What You Have into What You Want publiMelody Beattied in 2010. Paul Minnesota) is the author of Codependent No More publiMelody Beattied in 1987 by the Hazelden Foundation.