Tracy M. (tracymar) reviewed Becoming Your Own Parent: The Solution for Adult Children of Alcoholic and Other Dysfunctional Families on + 408 more book reviews
Wholey's Becoming your own Parent was on its way to become a classic in the self-help field when it first came out in the late 1980s and was a Book of the Month club selections; it's still just as relevant. Explaining and clearly defining the symptoms (low self-esteem, guilt) behaviors (compulsive pleasing etc.) of children of dysfunctional families, he presents examples from group therapy sessions with 14 "adult children" - elucidating their dyfunctional patterns and providing guidance in overcoming them.
Bridget O. (sixteendays) -
Assures reader that AA and ACOA has nothing to do with God or religion. Only interviews people that constantly talk about God.
