The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations for Codependents/a Hazeldon Book - Hardcover

Beattie, Melody

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062552910 ISBN 13: 9780062552914

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1993

Synopsis

Concentrating on self-esteem and acceptance, this book offers meditations for men and women recovering from codependency and aids them in their attempt to gain control of their lives

About this title

Review

Beattie understands being overboard, which helps her to throw best-selling lines to those still adrift. --Time magazine

Melody Beattie gives you the tools to discover the magnificence and splendor of your being. --Deepak Chopra, MD

About the Author

Beattie was a struggling single parent of two children and freelance author and journalist cranking out stories for a small-town daily newspaper in 1986 when she came up with a book idea. She wanted to write a book about what happens to people when they love someone who is addicted to alcohol and other drugs. Twenty publishers turned down Beattie's book proposal. Hazelden, however, a treatment center and recovery publisher based in Minnesota, saw a need for the book. The publisher understood how families of alcoholics suffer and believed Beattie's book idea would help people. Beattie marched to the welfare department, asked for enough financial help to make it through the three months it would take her to write the book, then locked herself in a basement office and cranked out Codependent No More. Codependent No More has now sold over 4 million copies. Beattie has since written nine more books, five for major publishing houses. She relocated from Minnesota to California, and she has long-since paid back the welfare department. Beattie has appeared in the pages of Newsweek and People and has been a regular guest on Geraldo and Oprah.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0062552910
• ISBN 13: 9780062552914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 393