A codependent lives "as if"- as if what others think matters more than what they think, as if they can please or change someone else, as if they have to answer to another person or persons rather than their own inner voice and Higher Power. It's an insidious and pervasive addiction. And there is a simple way out of it - detachment. Karen Casey takes us through the steps of detachment - admitting our attachment, surrendering outcome, forgiving, focusing our attention on what works. When we give up judging others, we become accountable for our own behaviour and let others-spouses, family, coworkers - be accountable for themselves. The power of detachment is a power anyone can claim. It's the power of sanity, of peace, of finding our own inner strength. Casey shares insights and tools she's discovered in her own decades of sobriety and in talking with dozens of other codependents. Her unique treatment of this much talked about but not clearly understood syndrome focuses not on naming or on cause, but on the individual's own power to detach from the bad situation and make a choice for recovery.

Author Biography

Karen Casey, Ph.D., is a writer and workshop facilitator for 12-step recovery. Her first book, Each Day a New Beginning, has sold more than 2 million copies. She has published dozens of books since then, including Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow, which was a finalist for the MS Society Books for a Better Life Awards. As a writer, Karen's focus is on the development of spiritual gorwth and strengthening one's twelve step recovery. Relying on personal experience and the wisdom she's gleaned from the many people she's met in the rooms of AA and Al-Anon, she spends her time helping others, whether through her books or with lectures and workshops around the world. Karen has traveled throughout North America and Europe carrying her message of hope for others on the road to recovery. Visit her at www.womens-spirituality.com.