Love Is a Choice Workbook

by Frank Minirth, Frank B. Minirth

Do you feel caught in a trap of constantly trying to please everyone, and yet you still feel guilty at the end of the day? Do you feel as if you and your spouse are in a never-ending battle for control and have no idea who is winning or losing? Do you feel as if something is missing in your life? If these scenarios sound familiar, then you, like one in four Americans, may be codependent. Codependents rely on alcohol or drugs, money, work, food, or sexuality to make them happy. Let the doctors of the Minirth-Meier Clinic counsel you directly, using their proven interactive technique, through the Love Is a Choice Workbook . This unique workbook is based on the recovery principles found in the best-seller, Love is a Choice . Love is a Choice Workbook defines the Minirth-Meier Clinic's ten-stage plane and guides you through the plan using interactive quiestions, self-tests, exercises, and journaling that will helpyou find healing from the pain that created your codependency. This workbook helps readers to step back and examine their lives and then effectively deal with their codependency at their own pace. The book can be used independently, or with Love is a Choice , to help you break the cycle of codependency and be free to make new choices...free to choose love.

Genres: Relationships, Christian

282 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Starlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been working my way through this workbook on co- dependency. I always thought I could pick the co- dependent people out in a room, but, hey, guess what? I am co-dependent too!

I completed the journey through this book. It was very helpful. I identified areas of pain, and ways to recover and move on in a healthy way. One paragraph of note (out of many):

We carry an assortment of negative distorted messaes about ourselves, other people and the world at large. These messages play over and over in our heads, controlling our lives and our perceptions. You can know that - worth as a person is not based on what I do - I can face myself and accept the fact that thre are both srengths and limitations in my abilities - other people can know my faults and still accept me- I have many likeable qualities - I am a person of worth - my opinions are important - and the BELIEVE IT!!!

We are so busy "going" through life, that to slow down and recognize co-dependency in myself, and then to travel through the ten stages of recovery and learning to forgive myself and others, has been very valuable!!

[Velma Bagby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal resource. My husband & I used it for ourselves. It is now our go-to resource for singles and in marriage counseling.

[Lisa Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely a patriarchal, Christian tone, but otherwise a useful workbook to work through codependency.

[Andrea Hutchinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A hard book to "Love" as it rips into your center and draws out the poisons. I'm told by my sponsor/counselor that completing the work in this book has improved me.

It has helped the adult me deal with the 5 year old me and her anger. I say helped because I believe that Love is a Choice is a tool that I will come back to for my tweaking of self and continued recovery from my childhood.

If you are or live with a co-dependent this book is for you. Still hard, even at the end of it to like the book ... the book was good,hard work.

[Desiree.osman osman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about codependency, and how to get over it. I read this book while I was in the hospital last week, and it helped me with my last relationship. It teaches you what codependency is, how to get over it, and how to find better relationships. I recommend this book to anyone that isn't sure about the relationship they are in is healthy, or anyone interested in making their relationship healthier.

[Caroline Cormack · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a big tool for me in my late 20s. It is a great lesson for anyone who tends to be a people pleaser, and finds themselves in relationships where they often loose themselves. It helped me so much.

[Bridgett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful along the book "Love Is a Choice" but could work independently, too. Way too many typos.

[Krista · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned so much about myself and my past :)