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don't set yourself on fire

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Coda Slogans

This is a really solid list! i'm curious what made you realize CoDA doesn't lean on slogans as much... was it just comparing your experience to what you'd heard about other programs, or did you active…

r/Codependencycomment3/23/2026
Coda Slogans

Coda Slogans — I've been attending a meeting for about 2 months and realized last night that Coda doesn't seem to have slogans the same way Al-Anon and other Recovery programs do. Or maybe there is just a lot of cr…

r/Codependencypost3/23/2026
Why does it feel like "kind people" suffer the most while "toxic people" thrive?

I'm almost 40 but I have finally learned that you have to be strategic about how close you are to people, based on how they treat you. "Don't set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm" is a goo…

r/CPTSDcomment3/22/2026
Coda Slogans

These are solid - I really connect with "don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm" and the one about avoiding conflict starting a war inside yourself. Those two hit different when you're actual…

r/Codependencycomment3/24/2026
Don't know where to go from this, is my marriage dead? 38F and 38M, 15y relationship

OP, you've got nothing to feel guilty about. Reddit likes the saying "Don't set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm." and you've been burning yourself for someone who chooses not to do the same…

r/relationship_advicecomment3/30/2026
I (42F) want to leave my disabled husband (45M). But; don’t know how.

Don't set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm.

r/relationship_advicecomment4/1/2026
My boyfriend(31M) doesn’t want me (27F) to send/post any photos even to family or friends

You know he really has no right to control what you do or don't do. His boundaries for what he posts are only for him. You have the right to post whatever you want to. You are being too nice and bowin…

r/relationship_advicecomment4/4/2026
I got a local internship offer, but still expected to come work at the restaurant.

"Don't set yourself on fire to keep other warm" quote comes to mind.

r/AsianParentStoriescomment4/10/2026
How to handle your long term partner coming out to you? 23F and 24M

*That's nice hunny.* *But this is a closed relationship and I am not your experiment.* *If you have a desire to be with other people, then its for the best we go our seperate ways and break up.* Ex…

r/relationship_advicecomment4/12/2026