She drew on experience to write “Codependent No More,” which has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide since its ...

Melody Beattie, 76, a Minnesota native who overcame a turbulent childhood and drug addiction to author a string of bestselling books about codependency, relationships and caring for yourself, died on ...

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Combining research, reportage, and memoir, a new book explores the growing phenomenon of estranging toxic relatives, ...

By Richard Sandomir Melody Beattie, whose experiences as a drug addict, a chemical dependency counselor and the wife of an alcoholic informed a best-selling book about codependence that has guided ...