Melody Beattie
Self-help author on codependency
Melody Beattie was an American self-help author and recovery counselor. She wrote Codependent No More, a 1986 bestseller on codependent relationships.
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American Born 1948 in Saint Paul, United States Died 2025
About Melody Beattie
Melody Beattie (1948 to 2025) was an American author of self-help books about codependent relationships. She was a recovering alcoholic and worked as a recovery counselor before building a career as a writer. Her 1986 book Codependent No More became a bestseller and helped bring the idea of codependency to a wide audience. She also wrote Beyond Codependency and The Language of Letting Go. Her writing drew on her own experiences with addiction, grief and healing. She lost her twelve-year-old son Shane in a skiing accident in 1991. Beattie died in February 2025.