Codependency Addiction

Drowning in Their Storm: A Parent’s Survival Guide to Loving an Addicted Adult Child You’re not just watching them spiral. You’re sinking with them. And no one talks about what that’s doing to you. You’ve begged. Pleaded. Bailed them out. Covered the truth. Given second, third, tenth chances. And still—nothing changes. Now you're exhausted. Angry. Afraid. And wondering, “How much more can I take?” This book is for you. Drowning in Their Storm is not just a story—it’s a lifeline. A raw, real, and compassionate guide for parents caught in the emotional wreckage of ...

"Tainted Love: Stay or Go? Navigating Tough Relationship Decisions in Addiction" is a compassionate and empowering guide penned by Andrea Seydel, a renowned positive psychology expert who intimately understands the complexities of loving someone battling addiction. As part of the acclaimed "Saving You Is Killing Me: Loving Someone with an Addiction" series, Seydel draws from her personal journey of love and loss, infusing each page with wisdom, empathy, and practical strategies to support readers facing similar challenges. In this poignant book, Seydel skillfully navigates the intricate ...

Do you want healthy and stable relationships? Now is the time to break the cycle of codependency. No more excuses, no more judgments - right now is where you start the rest of your life. The purpose of The Codependency Recovery System is to help you understand codependency and break free from its power so that you can take control of your own life. I have split the audiobook into two easy-to-digest sections.

This was a process level - how to - book about the inner child healing approach discovered by Robert Burney in his recovery from codependency. It is a follow up to his book Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls which has been described as one of the most transformational books of our times - and as taking inner child healing to a new level. This compilation of writings from his website is about healing.

J. Marie invites you into her journey dealing with her son's drug addiction and her inability to control the chaos. It starts with two priests and three therapists and ends in a Target parking lot, but the efforts in between are too often useless and frequently comical.

Your Empowered Self contains steps, activities, how to’s, and journal prompts that are designed to help you break through limiting patterns of thought, process unresolved emotions, and replace unproductive habits with healthier alternatives. It will shift the way you think, bring more ease to how you feel, and empower you in your daily life. Whether you’re struggling with negative self-talk, low self-worth, codependency, shame, addiction, depression, anxiety, or you’re simply feeling stuck in life, this book offers you tools to release unhealthy mental and emotional patterns and gain ...

This audiobook is based on a lecture series I've been giving since 1981. To date my audience has numbered over 2000 people for each series. The six stages describing this audiobook have been developed along with my lectures. They are based on principles that many of my audience have found extremely effective in recovering from codependency and developing healthy relationships.

This is a three-audiobook bundle that addresses various subtopics, including but not limited to these: Codependent relationships can be quite the challenge. Many people are in one even though they don’t realize it. Often, it is based on a lie or a learned pattern from their childhood. We’ll discuss these issues and touch on terms such as complementarity and polarity. We’ll also give you tips on how to develop a healthier relationship with others, whether that is your spouse or partners are the job or otherwise.

If you've ever wondered why you hold on to toxic relationships that aren’t good for you or why you make excuses for other’s bad behavior, then this guide will help you understand, recognize, and avoid the behavior altogether. At some point, what you’ve always done, won’t work and you know it. Now you’re ready to confront the issues that have plagued you and fed into your adult relationships. Recovering from codependency may feel like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be.

A lawyer turned counselor examines the chaos many families endure when addiction disrupts their lives. Based in part on her own family’s journey, Van Vechten explains the science of addiction, the theory of treatment, and the 12-step model of recovery, providing sensible information and tips for reasoned action in support of a loved one while fostering personal growth and recovery.

Do you want to break free from the patterns of codependency? You're not alone. Codependency is a pattern of behavior that can be overcome. This audiobook will help you understand and overcome the patterns that have been holding you back. You deserve to have a healthy, happy relationship—one where you are treated with respect and love. With this guide, you will learn how to communicate better, build your confidence, and set boundaries with narcissistic abuse. You will also find helpful tips for rebuilding your life after a toxic relationship. You don't have to be a victim anymore.

High school teacher Emmi heads to the salsa club every week to escape her “adulting” life and get her dancing “fix”. But it’s more than just dancing that she is obsessed with. It is here that she meets Santiago, a charming man with a killer smile, whom she falls recklessly in love with. They begin an unclear and confusing entanglement where passion runs high each time they break up and get back together—over and over again.

Julia Griffin has raised her young son alone since the child's father, Kurt, never acknowledged her pregnancy. When Julia accidentally meets Kurt again, she is confused. Maybe Kurt never got her message. He may not know he is the boy's father. Now, no matter how hard Julia tries to rationalize the situation, she knows she must start listening to her heart.

Are you stuck in a co-dependent relationship? Do you struggle when dealing with toxic people, or you don’t even know how to spot them? Many people realize that they are in a toxic and emotionally abusive relationship. They try to end it, but they get emotionally manipulated into forgiving the abuser. The hardest part of ending an abusive relationship is ending it for good. You need to learn how to distance yourself from narcissists so that you have truly heal. You need to learn how to say goodbye the right way.

Millions of people around the world suffer from the debilitating effects of codependency. It is more common than our society realizes, temporarily rearing its ugly head at some point in peoples' lives and completely encapsulating the lives of others. Codependency transcends cultures; it tears up otherwise perfectly healthy relationships; it can drag you into a vicious cycle; it can trap you in a snare of misery. Codependency encourages and inspires us to change.

In a relationship, do you think you have to sacrifice your own needs to keep peace and harmony? Do you feel scared or anxious about spending time alone? How often do you turn other peoples' invitations down to keep your partner happy? Probably most of the time. You are a giving person, but your own emotional needs have started to fade away in your relationship. You put your attention on comforting your partner instead of comforting yourself. Creating and maintaining a healthy, loving relationship that can last requires some fundamental changes in yourself.

Codependence: Coping with Addiction, Sadism and Abuse is based on a white paper the author drafted for a drug rehabilitation center in the United States. The study is basically divided in three parts, dealing with different manifestations of parent-child codependence and the resulting lacking autonomy and self-reliance of the later adolescent and young adult, who, as a result of his early entanglement with a parent gets into a negative growth spiral by a rather queer sexual development (sadism), and dependency patterns in all spheres of life.

Are you a codependent man or woman, and are you looking for help to overcome it and reshape your life? If addiction (yours or someone else’s), violence, depression, or toxic shaming has affected your life, you might also be dealing with another invisible issue - codependency. It has created additional life-long challenges such as endless shame, anxiety, perfectionism, need for power, depression, a history of unhealthy relationships, and much more without you even being conscious of the link to the above problems.

"Gib mir etwas, wofür es sich zu leben lohnt!" Dieser Schrei einer jungen Frau blieb nicht ungehört. Laura, Mutter von zwei Kindern und verheiratet mit Holger, führt eine glückliche Ehe. Doch im Laufe der Jahre nimmt Holgers Alkoholkonsum immer mehr zu, ohne dass es ihm bewusst wird. Zunächst erkennt Laura darin keine große Gefahr und sieht das Trinkverhalten ihres Mannes als völlig normal an. Nach einiger Zeit führt dieser Alkoholkonsum jedoch zunehmend zu Spannungen und Streit, ja, sogar zu heftigen und tätlichen Auseinandersetzungen.