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(August 13, 2006) "I have purchased a copy of your "Dysfunctional Relationships" E-book for my wife and myself. I recently shared it with the therapist who leads my SAA recovery group. she has 17 years in the field and did a fellowship with Patrick Carnes in the late 80's. She was impressed enough to have it included in our group work."
"Robert my name is _______ I am a recovering codependant. May I say that your work is for me life-saving and vital to the growth in understanding of not only myself and my own recovery but i believe of the whole of humanity as a dysfuntional entity."
"I have been feeling hopeless and depressed for as long as I can remember. I have been on your web-site reading for the past three days. I just ordered your book and I am so excited to get it and finally find an answer to the emotional pain that has plagued me for years. I have 17 years of sobriety in a 12 step program but have not been able to overcome the loneliness and pain that caused the addiction in the first place. While reading your web pages I felt hope. It just felt right and made sense to me. I have been working on me for awhile but keep ending up in the same places. Perhaps this will be the key that releases me from the past so I can live in the present. Thank you for the hope!"
"I just wanted to say thanks for having such a site. It helped a few times in what felt like the darkest of hours...............have a good night!"
"I have read your book, Dance of Wounded Souls, I gave my first copy away and then bought another. I come back to your site often to read your special message. You are a very gifted person. Living in the now and learning in the now is so great to be a part of. I have shared this site and bought your book for a Lady friend I meet at a 12 step meeting. She was raised Catholic and attended Catholic schools. She is amazed with your book and insight about the 12 steps and the Higher Power sneaking it in this program for all. She feels we were alcoholics so we could get the message and help spread the word as I do. The messages you put out for free are so good. I just wanted to say thanks to a very gifted and special Spirit, Thanks Robert."
"I love your website."
"Your work, web-site, insights, etc, by the way, excels anything I have read on co-dependance -- as the "global" issue it really is. You have really been blessed with the determination to see and express this issue where it needs to be seen and understood. However, as a researcher and writer myself, this is no job for the meek of heart or mind, and I so simultaneously envy and admire the Olympic and "productive" effort you willingingly undertook to achieve it. Whew.
I forgot to add that your insight on counter-dependence (Narcissism) is a critical missing, (or masked) link to the whole picture and one I am hoping to see you elaborate more on. In fact, I just read an essay by Nathanial Brandon, called Counterfeit Individualism which "intellectually" hits this right on its masked and covertly co-dependent nose. God bless!"
"your website is great! had to buy the book.. thanks a million"
"Your writing has given me many of the tools and perspectives I need to love myself, to feel my feelings, to heal my old wounds--to becoming a recovering codependent."
"dear robert, i have been reading your posts for a year now and so has my husband. we are processing much inner child stuff this past 2 years. i would just like to say how much your web page sharings have meant to us both - your honest emotional sharing have helped us both to be more honest with ourselves and each other. i have been a coda person for l9 years now and am amazed and sometimes disheartened at the amount of emotional stuff i am still doing. thanks again for your personal sharings. they have brought much clarity to the present 'tearing down' situation my husband and i have been dealing with for the past 2 years."
"I have been reading your web site and cry every time I do. The things you write about are EXACTLY what my issues are."
"I love your site, thank you for doing it and writing what you have written."
"From my heart I wish to thank you for sharing your story about Shorty. (Grief, Love, & Fear of Intimacy) I sit at my computer in tears for it has touched a very deep part of my heart and my soul. I have been working recently with my very own wounded 3 year old who was so defiant who has sabotaged so many of my relationships - externally and internally within me, between my heart and my Spirit and Higher Self. Today I find your website and I know I directed by Source to find the missing pieces of what else is left to heal.
Thank you so much for being so truthful and honest and for bearing your soul, so that others like me can read, learn, heal, cry and grow. I appreciate you for all that you offer to mankind in their quest for union - not only with another, but more importantly with themselves. Bless you for your insight and work. Many thanks from New Zealand"
"I felt I needed to write and say how much I enjoyed and related to your book. Thanks you for your book. After all of the self-discovery-help I have read on my journey. This is one I know I will keep."
"It was a pleasure getting your latest newsletter. I'm glad to hear your second Intensive was a success and your plans for the next two are moving on so well. . . . From the newsletter, which I have not processed entirely yet, it sounds as though you are in a great personal and spiritual place and your life with Susan and Darien sounds not only interesting but rewarding. I have 4 children: two are grown and two still teenagers. My youngest is a 17-year-old boy, who is at once both one of the most lovable persons I know and one of the most exasperating. And yet, I find solace in your words about setting boundaries without being judgmental, for I, as you, was reared in an atmosphere where judgments came fast and furious and were seldom positive. So while my ___ and your Darien are far apart in age, their need for love and guidance is still the same. Reading that in your newsletter made me feel good and gave me a positive stroke for myself, because I know that as I heal my Wounded Soul, I am becoming a more loving and accepting person. I hope this job of mine eases up soon, just so I can re-emerge myself in the language and literature of recovery, which, I will tell you, emanates from you and your communications in abundance. I always feel good after reading you."
"I want to say thank you for sharing your great knowledge with me. I really enjoy reading your email and all the work you had put into the computer. Continue with your journey and hope for the people of this nation. . .You had taught me many things I had no knowledge off, continue with your journey."
"I want to thank you for your website, it has truely turned my life around. I have finally discovered why over all the years even in childhood I was unable to have any long term relationships even with friends and I am truely grateful for that, it has saved my life, I now know love. I feel like I am born all over again and life is beautiful. You are truly special."
"I came across your web page today Joy 2 me you and proceeded to read a lot about myself and my relationships. The descriptions were very accurate and it has lifted a great deal from my shoulders. Thank you so much for making this public. I hope to find out more and read more on co-dependency from your sources"
"I have enjoyed your writings immensely. I am a recovering alcoholic, but still struggling. I am a member of AA, and do the do things they suggest. Your writings have certainly been an encouragement to me."
"I am sure you have to have heard this before many times.... I am so blown away by what I have read so far on your site ...I have no words to explain the feelings inside me right now!! I am so emotional moved and excited I can barely type. I'm sure you know how much you work has changed the quality of life for people like myself. It is truly like a miracle! Thank you very much for your time and for you incredible wisdom."
"Robert, I believe that a large part of the reason why I have found the serenity and peace which accompanies me these days, is the understanding which I have and share, about just what happened and how it happened. This enlightenment is recent and I believe is a direct result of enmeshing into spiritual philosophies which you describe. Thank you."
"I have a friend I want to share the book and CD with. You helped me tremendously in breaking out of the co dependent cycle I was in, and what I learned has helped me avoid new entanglements as time has gone on. I am truly thankful for the part you have played in my healing."
"I was on the internet looking for a recovery center that had inner child counseling and I came across your incredibly informative website. Thank you! So much of what I read seems to associate with the way my life is going right now. I am desperately searching for spirituality (mostly through Buddhism) and I have recently discovered/uncovered that I have slowly been cutting myself off from the world; which really scares me!!! I seem to have high anxiety and live in constant fear of people/the world."
"Will my friend I thank my god for a wonderful spiritual teacher, who he has giving the great knowledge to share with others spiritual being. I feel fortune to know you Robert. I feel I was guided to find you by searching for answer. I feel honored for your teaching my friend. Keep up the great job your doing. People need your help"
"i have been reading for 2 days almost, as much as i can of what you have written, because it is True. The day before i started reading i met my Inner Lover, and now there are all these children. I just wanted to say something to you really,because its been such a turning point , but where do you write about the Inner Lover_with total appreciation and waiting for your book to arrive"
"Dear Robert:
"That critical parent voice sneaks in there and translates the
feelings in a blaming, negative way - it is nasty." (my replies to an e-mail)
Yes, that is just exactly what it does and what it is.
"So, do the positive affirmations and shut up the critical
parent voice - and nurture yourself through the grief."
I feel like I have just received the equivalent of Isaac Newton's calculus. Emotional calculus. How a Magnificent Spiritual Being having a Human experience moves through an emotional process. I am deeply grateful for the richness of your response and in a state akin to numinous awe at the manifest genius in every sentence. I just wanted to say that before I scurry away to a more private space to unpack these insights and exclaim over each one: "Oh, I needed this one so much! And this one! And that one!" Thank you so very much, Robert. "
"I searched on "alcoholic spiritual" and found your site. Just browsing your site has brought me comfort."
"i found your information and read with interest your articles on co-dependency and sibling roles on the internet while searching for answers to my troubled family relationships. Your descriptions of sibling roles struck so many chords for me."
"Thank-you for your great web site, it is very informative."
"Your website has really helped me... you explained the way to focus my mind in a way that just clicked with me... I understood the concept that I was reacting to certain situations out of my old emotional wounds but could only fathom it at a consious level and found it very hard to actually make any progress in not being trapped in those thoughts (in my case focusing all my energy on the fact that a certain girl i am seeing would, hurt me, leave me, let me down etc.) I finally have been making huge progress and know that the relationship is not the be all and end all and I am able to just relax and be in the moment and not always have to listen to messages of impending doom... I am getting better at knowing when my inner child who was let down badly is trying to drive the bus and I have been talking to him. (and yes I felt really silly in the beginning). Obvously its an ongoing thing and the fear is still there but its not even half as intense adn controlling as it was. I tried running away and even sabotaging the relationship as the fear I had was so bad. But it never felt that it was the right thing to do and that I should at least see where it would bring me... even if i was to get hurt in the end surely not knowing or being open to it out of fear would be worse. My partner has the same fears, so she has started reading your website and we have been more open and able to calm each other down when we are having a row thats not to really do with the situation and we are reacting to old wounds... her the little girl who's father left her and me the mother who let me down. no matter what happens now though... I know it WILL be ok in teh long run. and I thank you for that."
"Hi Robert , I have read your book and found it to be a remarkable and inspiring read."
"My name is _____. I just got done reading most of the articles on your sight. I had found your site a couple of years ago-but then lost the link. I found it this weekend again-I am so glad-while I was researching this weekend-and one of sites I went to-linked to you. I have your link safely on a favorites tracking log-so I am not likely to lose it again."
"Thank you so much Robert - for all the info on your website AND for the book you wrote. I have been reading it all week and it has touched me deeply and encouraged me with the most perfect timing as I've been surrendering and grieving my old ego-self for the past 10 days or so. Haven't quite gotten to the celebration point, but as I sense it is coming, I have an undercurrent of excitement at the prospect!"
"I found your site and contacted you about a year ago at the early stages of a relationship with a wonderful man. With the help of your site, I was able to understand as he underwent therapy to heal his toxic shame, and simultaneously was able to grow myself, lovingly and spiritually. This wonderful man and I are getting married in October and I was wondering if you would mind if one of the readings we do at our ceremony contained some of the wonderful and loving quotes from your site. I would credit you, of course. Your words are love, strength, hope, life. I can't think of a better song to the Universe and to each other."
"I would like to say that by reading your articles on the web have really helped me at a very, very difficult time in my life. I realise that you probably thousands of these letters a day, but if youíll permit me I'd like to tell you what has happened to me recently and how your words have eased the pain in my heart."
"I love your site, thank you for doing it and writing what you have written. . . You showed such tremendous insights in your articles"
"My friend and I have been on a search for a long time, using the internet. This search,through many different sites has helped us find out "Who in the heck are we.who are they, why we are like we are, so_on and so-on! We are both spiritually minded believing our higher power is God, that will never change. But we both feel that God has led us to you. There is no comparison to the other sites that could just put it out there in a magnificent way as you. I am overwhelmed,and deeply thankful to my friend for calling me,with such excitement, and eming your site to me. There will be no other sites, YOUR IT, OUR BROTHER! I thank you for sharing your wisdom and others with us. I just know we are at the point of growth that God has truly led us to you for the much needed help I need. The inspiration and excitement that I have been given, knowing that in this search of ours, you are our final "find"! Please, may I be part of the most inspiring of all sites on this web. My appreciation,again for your wisdom and sharing to so many of me and my brothers and sisters. I would do anything I can to help you keep these powerful lessons of me so I can be an example to others that they may ask me "What has happened to you" What a gift of God you have. I am still trying to find my spiritual gifts vs fruits To end . Please help me grow up! and add me to your site. Thank you so much "
