Codependent No More by Melody Beattie: An Action Steps Summary, Analysis, and Cheat Sheet

By: SpeedReader Summaries

Narrated by: Rachel Jacobs

Length: 26 mins

Publisher's Summary

Your quick and simple summary and analysis of Codependent No More by Melody Beattie.

Inside, you'll find:

• An introduction to Beattie's main concepts
• Time-saving chapter summaries with action steps and advice
• Review questions and commentary
• A guide to additional resources, including helpful articles, books, podcasts, printables, videos, and quizzes

About Codependent No More by Melody Beattie.

Codependent No More was the debut book of bes-tselling author Melody Beattie. Originally published in 1986 by the Hazelden Foundation, Beattie's book became a phenomenon of the self-help movement, selling over eight million copies, six million of them in the United States.

According to Bettie, codependency in relationships results from our desire to rescue people. She believes that this desire is counter-productive, and that our efforts to rescue people might actually do more harm than good, both for ourselves and our loved ones.

Please note that this summary is NOT the original book and is meant to be listened to as a supplement to the original.

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26 min,

do not get this book. instead buy the full version.
The full version is great!

Summary, not the book itself

Thought I was getting the book itself, but this is just a summary. As far as summaries go though, it distilled a lengthy book down to the bare minimum. Good for use in school or if one only wanted to understand the core issues discussed - yet, not seemingly sufficient for one wishing to understand the subject matter to a deeper and more meaningful extent.

Sloppy editing

Fix the edit around 2:22. Phrase repeated twice. At only 26 minutes long, it's hard to believe this was missed.

eh

no actual techniques were given to eliminate codependency etc. basically just a think about your own behaviors and identify what you're doing to promote the situation and identify what triggers the response. I feel like although, that's a mindful way of going about it...there's enormous room for error and long term confusion.