Dusty Quotations

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Melody Beattie popularized the concept of codependency in 1986 with the book Codependent No More, which sold eight million copies.

Beattie’s early works also served as the first the Big Book for a 12-Step program called Co-Dependents Anonymous. Although “CoDA” now has a conference-approved (official) ‘”the Big Book” of its own, Beattie’s works continue to be central texts in some CoDA meetings.