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Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.12 — 51,773 ratings — published 1986
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The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency (Hazelden Meditation Series) The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency (Hazelden Meditation Series)
by (shelved 20 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,223 ratings — published 1990
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Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,364 ratings — published 1989
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Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,878 ratings — published 1989
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Just a Bit Wrecked (Straight Guys, #11) Just a Bit Wrecked (Straight Guys, #11)
by (shelved 11 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.03 — 13,262 ratings — published 2020
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Just a Bit Heartless (Straight Guys, #13) Just a Bit Heartless (Straight Guys, #13)
by (shelved 9 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.22 — 10,238 ratings — published 2022
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Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.22 — 425 ratings — published 2014
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Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.21 — 89,838 ratings — published 1992
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The New Codependency: Help and Guidance for Today's Generation The New Codependency: Help and Guidance for Today's Generation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,397 ratings — published
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Possession (Constantine Brothers, #1) Possession (Constantine Brothers, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.14 — 7,333 ratings — published 2025
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You're My Home You're My Home (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,955 ratings — published 2021
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Dirty Love Dirty Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.87 — 10,264 ratings — published 2022
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Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.03 — 33,496 ratings — published 1985
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Saving Sparrow (Slow Burns & Tragic Beginnings, #2) Saving Sparrow (Slow Burns & Tragic Beginnings, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,105 ratings — published 2025
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Just a Bit Captivated (Straight Guys, #14) Just a Bit Captivated (Straight Guys, #14)
by (shelved 7 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.03 — 7,503 ratings — published 2023
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Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1) Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,514 ratings — published 2024
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Always Him (Inevitable, #2) Always Him (Inevitable, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,742 ratings — published
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A Totally Platonic Thing (Santa Rafaela, #2) A Totally Platonic Thing (Santa Rafaela, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,464 ratings — published
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Just a Bit Unhealthy (Straight Guys, #3) Just a Bit Unhealthy (Straight Guys, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.61 — 14,814 ratings — published 2015
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You're Not Crazy - You're Codependent. You're Not Crazy - You're Codependent. (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.95 — 725 ratings — published 2012
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Codependency For Dummies Codependency For Dummies (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.26 — 543 ratings — published 2012
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Breaking Free: A Recovery Handbook for 'Facing Codependence' Breaking Free: A Recovery Handbook for 'Facing Codependence' (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.06 — 172 ratings — published 1989
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Codependents' Guide to the Twelve Steps Codependents' Guide to the Twelve Steps (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.34 — 828 ratings — published 1990
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Never Let Me Go (Inevitably You, #2) Never Let Me Go (Inevitably You, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,045 ratings — published
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Savage (Sins of the Banna #1) Savage (Sins of the Banna #1)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,371 ratings — published
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Ricochet Ricochet (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.89 — 8,214 ratings — published
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Forever Always (Forever #1) Forever Always (Forever #1)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.82 — 710 ratings — published
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Pippin & Nacho (Alpha's Rejects, #2) Pippin & Nacho (Alpha's Rejects, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.97 — 833 ratings — published
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On the Mountain On the Mountain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,487 ratings — published 2024
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Hidden Scars (Darby U Hockey Boys, #1) Hidden Scars (Darby U Hockey Boys, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.06 — 21,376 ratings — published 2022
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Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.23 — 39,788 ratings — published 2021
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Irresponsible Puckboy (Puckboys, #2) Irresponsible Puckboy (Puckboys, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.02 — 26,827 ratings — published 2022
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Whit (Unexpected, #1) Whit (Unexpected, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.03 — 19,143 ratings — published 2022
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Codependent No More Workbook Codependent No More Workbook (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.31 — 700 ratings — published
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Addicted to You (Addicted, #1) Addicted to You (Addicted, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.69 — 202,195 ratings — published 2013
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Codependent No More & Beyond Codependency Codependent No More & Beyond Codependency (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.26 — 855 ratings — published 1992
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Nothing to Lose Nothing to Lose (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,558 ratings — published 2025
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French 75 (Miami Nights and Club Lights #3) French 75 (Miami Nights and Club Lights #3)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,467 ratings — published
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Too Much: A Guide to Breaking the Cycle of High-Functioning Codependency Too Much: A Guide to Breaking the Cycle of High-Functioning Codependency (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,131 ratings — published 2024
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Defensive Zone (Chicago Thunder, #3) Defensive Zone (Chicago Thunder, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,885 ratings — published 2024
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Sick Bargain (Vile House #1) Sick Bargain (Vile House #1)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,288 ratings — published 2024
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Whisper (Westbrook Elite, #7) Whisper (Westbrook Elite, #7)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,714 ratings — published 2024
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Knock Knock (From Nothing, #3) Knock Knock (From Nothing, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.90 — 10,249 ratings — published 2023
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For Your Time (For Your Love #1) For Your Time (For Your Love #1)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,513 ratings — published
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Little Demon in the Details Little Demon in the Details (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,778 ratings — published 2023
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Pretty Dogs (Dirty Strays, #2) Pretty Dogs (Dirty Strays, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,242 ratings — published 2023
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These Violent Delights These Violent Delights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 3.91 — 29,497 ratings — published 2020
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Consumed (Unlucky 13, #7) Consumed (Unlucky 13, #7)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,454 ratings — published
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Paladin (Jericho's Boys, #1) Paladin (Jericho's Boys, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as codependency)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,422 ratings — published 2023
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Elizabeth Gilbert
“As I listened to the other addicts share their life experiences, I began to hear the story of my own life, told in a hundred different voices.

I heard from people who’d had some of the same painful childhood experiences as me, which had led them into the same unmanageable behaviors and compulsions.

I heard from people who, just like me, had blown up marriage after marriage—their own marriages and the marriages of others.

I heard from people who’d lost their jobs, their sanity, or all their money and belongings because of their obsession with some person or another. (“I took one look at that guy from across the bar and said, ‘I would follow that man straight to hell’—and then I did!” said one woman, while the rest of us nodded in quiet understanding.)

I heard from people who had been living in desperate yearning for decades with partners who were emotionally unavailable, or who had lived their whole lives in degrading servitude to people who did not respect them or love them back, or who were pining in fantasy about relationships that had ended years earlier. I heard from people who had traded sex for love, or love for sex, or both for money.

I heard about insecure attachment style and avoidance and unconscious compliance.

I heard about emotional anorexia and cortisol addiction.

I heard terms I’d never heard before but that immediately made sense to me (because I’d been doing those things for years but didn’t know they had names): love bombing, trauma bombing, attention pulling, ecstatic recall, digital stalking, insta-macy.

I heard about assigning magical qualities to others and making them into your higher power.

I heard about mistaking pity, lust, or loneliness for love.

I heard about sexualizing our feelings of guilt, shame, fear, rage, and grief.

I heard about rape, abuse, pregnancies, venereal diseases, pornography, prostitution, suicide, violence . . .

I did not hear a single thing in those meetings that I could not identify with at some level. In fact, to this day, I have still never heard anything in any twelve-step meeting that shocks me. Whenever I hear people talking about their most self-destructive behaviors, I’m either like, “Yeah, I’ve done that” or “Yeah, I would probably do that” or “Yeah, I can see why someone would do that, given the chance.”
Elizabeth Gilbert, All the Way to the River

Vivek Naik
“You are not your yes. You are not your productivity. You are not your usefulness to others. You are a human being with inherent worth, legitimate needs, and the absolute right to say no.”
Vivek Naik, The Cost of Yes: Stop People-Pleasing, Set Boundaries, and Recover from Burnout Without Guilt

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