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  • The Road Back to Me

  • Healing and Recovering from Co-Dependency, Addiction, Enabling, and Low Self Esteem
  • Written by: Lisa A. Romano
  • Narrated by: Gina E. Manegio
  • Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (57 ratings)

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The Road Back to Me

Written by: Lisa A. Romano
Narrated by: Gina E. Manegio
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Publisher's Summary

This story is told through the jagged peephole of the author's awareness, examining her formative wounds and influences from the perspective of a woman who has now gained experience and wisdom. As she peers over her soul's shoulder, she recalls the chaos of her once-fragile childhood mind. She shudders as she is reminded of the sting of her lonely childhood, her feelings of abandonment, and her painful memories of being bullied. Her childhood self was once so lost that she even contemplated suicide. As the years progress, her mind is riddled with obsession, compulsion, and a crippling sense of low self-esteem. A turning point arrives many years later, after marriage and the birth of three children.

This story is about healing the faulty programming of childhood. It is about recovery from relationship addiction, food addiction, anxiety, and constant fear. It is a human story that will resonate with listeners from all walks of life, and which offers hope to anyone who has felt imprisoned by the past.

©2012 Lisa A. Romano (P)2014 Lisa A. Romano

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Incredible. Poignant, honouring and courageous

Wow,,,,,,, Just finished this book and I'm left kinda speechless. Not only does it resonate personally but it alludes to and suggests a direction to where to look for the answers I've looked for for so long. A thank you to the author!

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thoroughly enjoyed this book!

thoroughly enjoyed reading this book as it relates to my childhood experiences as well. I found it to be very enlightening and refreshing listening to her point of view on dysfunctional family roots, which ultimately lead the path to her healing journey.

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A heartfelt story that spoke to me

The playful and profound way the author tells this story leaves me captivated. Taking me back to the awkwardness and loneliness of my own childhood left me examining my own self-esteem issues. A great book to curl up and get lost in.

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Great read

This was a good book. At first I thought where is it going? But it had flowed very nicely, and I enjoyed it.

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perfect

This booked opened my eyes in so many ways. I now have a better understanding of myself. Thank you lisa

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Very interesting

This is the writers story, which is very interesting. When I bought this I thought it was the very title I needed to help me get back to me, but this is only a story. I would have liked to know this before buying it, but I loved the book nonetheless. Thanks for a great read and for sharing your story !

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Amazing eye opening and inspirational

love it finished it in two days. It made me cry a few times its beautiful.

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SINK INTO THIS BOOK, SOMEWHERE YOU’LL FIND YOURSELF!

This book delves into the birth and development of codependency, how it can sabotage your life....,.
I deeply related, I would highly recommend this book to anyone who suffers from codependency, it explains this disease, and it’s nature of origin.

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Love !!!

Awesome Awareness!! Thank You Ms Lisa/WARRIOR Lisa in My Eyes! Your Strength is Contagious.. I want our younger selves to Hug..I'm a 54 yr old Grandmother and just learning all this in 2019 and lifes better every day with knowing I was not alone and the narc/robots gone TYSM

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fantastic I loved every minute thank you

thank you Lisa for sharing your life story with me. I am going to put your knowledge to work for me, to stop the cycle of codependency.

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