Behavior Quote by Melody Beattie

“Codependency is a learned set of behaviors, thought processes, and habits. When combined together, they fit a very loose definition. All people exhibit these…

— David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

“Sometimes codependents were blamed; sometimes they were ignored; sometimes they were expected to magically shape up (an archaic attitude that has not worked with…

— Melody Beattie

“Sometimes, the things we do to protect ourselves turn on us and hurt us. They become self-destructive. Many codependents are barely surviving, and most…

— Melody Beattie

“Except for normal human emotions we would be feeling anyway, and twinges of discomfort as we begin to behave differently, recovery from codependency is…

— Melody Beattie

“If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.”

— David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

“Wounded parents often unintentionally inflict pain and suffering on their children and these childhood wounds causes a laundry list of maladaptive behaviors commonly called…

— David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

One code prevails in the family; another, on the street; a third, in the workshop or store; a fourth, in the religious association. As…

— John Dewey

A code of behavior is an inevitable part of life in any community, and if we hadn't inherited ours, we should have had to…

— Millicent Fenwick

A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.

— Norm MacDonald

“Once they have been affected---once "it" sets in---codependency takes on a life of its own. It is similar to catching pneumonia or picking up…

— Melody Beattie

“Civility is not a specific code of behavior as much as it is a call to unrelenting preemptive thought, and steady effort to care…

— John R. Dallas Jr

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

— B. F. Skinner