This books has helped me in ways I probably can't even begin to fathom. I first picked it up reluctantly and before the term 'codependent' was in my vocabulary. I had never considered codependency and was at a place in my life where I thought most of my codependent behaviors were my doing the 'right' thing.

Within the first third of the book is a checklist of behaviors divided up by types of behaviors. I have gone through that checklist 8 different times in my life and marked my behaviors with varying degrees of intensity. After reading more about the behaviors, though, and after some intense soul-searching on my part, I'm excited to go through that list now and check off far fewer behaviors.

This book is the perfect insight for anyone who has been told once to look at codependency and also for anyone who's been working on moving past codependency to healthy relationships with others. I absolutely recommend it.