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Codependence and the Power of Detachment | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Casey
Publisher: Conari Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 59227
Media: Paperback
Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1573243620
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.2913
EAN: 9781573243629
ASIN: 1573243620
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Product Description
A codependent lives as if as if what others think matters more than what they think, as if they can please or change someone else, as if they have to answer to another person or persons rather than their own inner voice and Higher Power. It s an insidious and pervasive addiction. And there is a simple way out of it detachment.
Karen Casey takes us through the steps of detachment admitting our attachment, surrendering outcome, forgiving, focusing our attention on what works. When we give up judging others, we become accountable for our own behavior and let others spouses, family, coworkers be accountable for themselves. The power of detachment is a power anyone can claim. It s the power of sanity, of peace, of finding our own inner strength.
Casey shares insights and tools she s discovered in her own decades of sobriety and in talking with dozens of other codependents. Her unique treatment of this much talked about but not clearly understood syndrome focuses not on naming or on cause, but on the individual s own power to detach from the bad situation and make a choice for recovery. Codependence and the Power of Detachment is sure to become the new classic in the field.
“ Karen Casey captures the experience, strength, and hope that are essential to maintaining healthy relationships with each other and with ourselves.” William C. Moyers, author of Broken
“ A remarkable book written in easy-to-understand language with great honesty. The cornerstones of this book are stepping stones to letting go of being a victim and reestablishing hope and freedom in one's life.” -Jerry Jampolsky, M.D., founder of The International Center for Attitudinal Healing
“In this helpful and healing paperback, Casey explores the problem of codependency, which is when we 'spend our entire life letting the actions or words or mere glances of others trigger my behavior, feelings, my attitude, my self-assessment, and thus my plan for each day, as well as my imagined future.' An antidote to this powerlessness is detachment which she defines as 'the ability to care deeply about a situation or another person from an objective point of view. We are able to care but not be controlled by or invested in how another person responds to us.'” -Fred Brussat, SpiritualityandPractice.com
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 Opened my eyes to realize this IS my life November 18, 2008
pOOdle mOmma (Fort Wayne, IN United States)
This book is the first step in my journey toward repairing my dysfunctional relationships within my family. My goal is that I learn to not react to stress within my family, and that I am proactive instead.
This book may help you recognize codependence where it wasn't noticed before. It outlines various cases, identifying the flaws and source of problematic patterns.
Step 2 for me will to buy another book, and adapt Al-Anon's 12 Steps to codependency, to put change in motion. Highly recommended in this book was another titled "Courage to Change: 1 Day at a Time in Al-Anon."
Learning and growing through the power of story October 21, 2008
Connie H (MN)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Detachment with love, as Karen so deftly describes, is what is required to live a contented, peaceful life, regardless of our life circumstances. Codependence is overreliance on others for your own happiness. Overcoming it, or perhaps better stated, managing it, requires a personal shift in thinking, and "how this works" can best be understood through example and personal stories, such as are shared in this moving documentary (as well as through Alanon). There is no magic bullet, here, and others have travelled this path. I am grateful to Karen for her persistent efforts to share her own and others' experience, strength and hope. If you are open to learning from others, then this book will be helpful. It was to me!
Empowering Book October 19, 2008
Becky A (Missouri)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
After reading Jamie's review, I feel drawn to respond. Jamie, I am sending you love and best wishes in your search for help with codependency. As a long time member of Al-Anon I have found I cannot "read" my way to recovery. I tried it and none of the books were just what I needed because what I actually needed was support from others who were walking my walk. For me, Karen's newest book is a summary of what I have experienced. I could relate to every woman's story in some way or another and Karen's analysis and insights are right on target. They help crystalize each issue. The way she time and again, in the book, shows examples of LOVING detachment is a wonderful reminder for me to keep the focus on the kind of woman I have decided I want to be. I am delighted at the way Karen shares herself and her own experiences along this path of recovery. She is an author who walks the walk. Her sharing is empowering and gives me hope. This book is a brilliant beacon lighting the way for me. I give it a FIVE STAR rating!
Becky A.
Excellent book for recovering Co-Dependents October 18, 2008
Peggy K. (Baltimore, MD)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have bought six of this book in the last month ( and probably will buy more!) to give to various friends. I highly recommend it for recovering people, especially those in Alanon and A.A.. The Author is obviously very knowledgeable about 12 Step recovery and gives much information describing co-dependent behaviors throughout her story-telling format. I particularly enjoyed her interpretations and application of the Twelve Steps in chapters 18 through 21. Dtteachment with love along with setting boundaries seems to work and ms. Casey's clear and personal stories should be beneficial to anyone in recovery. Peggy K.
Hope for the recovering codependent October 16, 2008
Jacqueline K. Endraske
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this book for anyone trying to recover or is in the process of recovering from codependency. After having read many of Karen Casey's books and attended many of her workshops: I have found her to be very knowledgable in this area. I recently read this book and am reading it again because there is so much information to absorb. Karen uses other's stories to emphasize what so many of us are going through or have gone through to reclaim our life. It makes it more personal to read about a particular person's situation, how they dealt with it and how their life has changed.
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