This is a classic book on codependency which has withstood the test of time and is as relevant today as when I first read it back in the early 1990s. At the time, I was going through a painful divorce, and my soon-to-be ex-husband kept labeling me as "codependent." Not really knowing what that term meant, I picked up the book and read it cover to cover. I learned so much about my dysfunctional family background from reading Ms. Beattie's book and realized that my soon-to-be ex-husband was right. Unfortunately, reading the book did not help save my marriage, but it made be a better and stronger person.

"Codependent No More" has an honored place on my bookshelf, since so much of what Ms. Beattie writes needs to be reinforced from time to time in my own life. If you're someone who gets pleasure and personal affirmation by doing for and protecting other people, you may be a codependent. This book explains how to overcome those "need to control" issues in your life and let yourself live. This book really saved my life from further destruction. Highly, highly recommended.