He talks about God, and loving God. he says that when we open to loving a person, whether that person is a spouse, friend, or child, we open our hearts to loving God. He says when we let someone love us, we're opening our hearts to god's love. he says the acts are the same. p 19 I decide loving isn't for the fain. Its for the courageous. p 19

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Beattie's early works also served as the first the Big Book for a 12-Step program called Co-Dependents Anonymous. The book was successful and influential within the self-help movement selling over eight million copies and introducing the word codependent to the general public. Paul Minnesota) is the author of Codependent No More publiMelody Beattied in 1987 by the Hazelden Foundation.

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Beattie's early works also served as the first the Big Book for a 12-Step program called Co-Dependents Anonymous. Her most recent book is Make Miracles in Forty Days: Turning What You Have into What You Want publiMelody Beattied in 2010. Paul Minnesota) is the author of Codependent No More publiMelody Beattied in 1987 by the Hazelden Foundation.