Brice Royer

Do you remember when you were in madly in love?

“I love you so much!”

“I love you too and I’ll never leave you, because I can’t live without you.” they replied.

You felt so happy and it was the best time of your life.

But then a few months later, you realize something is wrong….

Terribly wrong. They actually meant it when they said “I cannot live without you”.

Uh-oh.

Have you ever been in a relationship with a clingy, needy, overly emotional, jealous even controlling person? Maybe that person is .. you? That’s OK, we’re not judging anyone, I’ve been on both sides and it drove me crazy!

Welcome to the world of co-dependent relationships.

Watch this video and tell me if you recognize yourself (or someone you know)

Co-dependency awareness @ Mental Health America:

http://www.nmha.org/go/codependency

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codependence

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Paperback)


My Upside-Down Life Found Balance and I’m Back On My Feet!, February 28, 2005
By Peter V. Cannice “Peter Vincent Cannice of Sc… (Scottsdale, Arizona USA) -

Instead of spending hours of your time, expressing how anxious and depressed I was, and for so many years, I’d share a few things that might tell my story of recovery in a more concise mode.

I had everything but had nothing. I had been Senior Class President, Top 2% in the Country during College, successful in modeling and acting, selected as Volunteer of the Year for the State of Iowa and the list of “stuff” could go on an on. I was so empty inside myself that I didn’t any longer know how I felt inside. I was losing any sense of who I was.

I’d become someone that functioned to serve, protect, nurture, encourage, forgive and love someone that couldn’t love back. I was with the same person, in a marriage, for almost 5 years, and woke up one morning and realized that the person next to me was a stranger who didn’t know the real me. The person that my life revolved around, the person that I chose to take care of and “cover” for, just liked having me around so I could pick up the pieces and paint a picture of a relationship and a family that was like “Ozzie and Harriet” so that others would think that everything was just fine. I can’t stand the word “fine” anymore. Nothing in my life was fine and it wasn’t until I hit bottom and read “Codependent No More:How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself”, that my life began to change. The book answered all of my questions and caused me to look deeply at myself and my situation and evalute how sick I was. Yes, I was the sick one in the relationship too.

I thought that I was doing everything right or doing what was right for my relationship. But I didn’t ever consider that my own personal cup was empty and the only person who could fill it with healthy things was me. I didn’t know that I was controlling others as I only saw myself as a caring and loving person. What had happened is that I went overboard-WAY overboard to the point that I had stopped eating, started using pills to medicate my pain and refused to make changes in my life.

I was scared. I didn’t want to be alone in life. What I didn’t realize is that I was already alone. I wanted to love and be loved. After reading this incredible book, I realized that I wasn’t being loved. I was being used and abused and I needed to hit this emotional bottom before I would accept help. My therapist advised me to purchase “Codependent No More”, by Melody Beattie AND to read it. I almost felt odd going into the self-help are of the book store. Little did I know that the healthiest place in any book store is the aisle that reads “Self Help”!

I owe my life to this book and I thank all of the wonderful people who contributed to the stories in this book, that allowed me to move out of my relationship and to enter a long recovery period. I am still in the care of a therapist. Sometimes I act in a codependent fashion. The difference, however, is that I now see red flags that prevent me from getting too deep into relationships that I reach a point where I lose myself.

I offer this review to you as a gift. May this book help you, no matter what your circumstance, and may you take hold of your life again. You deserve to learn how to care for yourself. You deserve to be loved and to learn how to accept the beauty that comes with a healthy relationship.

My Warmest Regards to ALL!

Peter Cannice
Scottsdale, Arizona

Get the book. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Paperback)