Table of Contents

• Preface: READ before you proceed!

I. The Addictive Pull

• Foreword
• Looking Closer (I)
• Stormy weather ahead (I)
• Behaviors that Hurt and The Loads to be Carried
• Miscellaneous Control Behaviors
• On with the Show
• Help is on the way (I)
• A place to start healing

II. I'm afraid to say

• The Background
• A Closer Look
• Stormy weather ahead (II)
• Looking Closer (II)
• Help is on the way (II)
• Expulsion inhibitors
• Double binds
• Journeys of expulsion
• The Terror
• Options for expulsion and self discovery
• Reparenting a new life
• Anger

III. Acceptance of myself

• I am all that I am at the time that I am
• Setting Boundaries
• Asking for Needs to be Met
• I'll be Scared for awhile
• More on Acceptance
• Epilogue

IV. Appendix

V. References

VI. Related Links

VII. Recommended Readings or Viewings (VHS Tapes)

1. Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
2. The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
3. Healing the Shame That Binds You by John E. Bradshaw
4. Toxic Parents : Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan, Dr. Forward, Craig Buck

 

VIII. Next in Line (Editorials by the author)

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