Dr. Black's analysis of ACOA's is pretty dead on. Coming from a home with an alcoholic parent I found myself relating a lot to what she says in her book. While I do think a lot of it is very - how do you say? - surface stuff, I understand the need for it considering it's meant to be sold to a wide amount of people. Dr. Black also offers a lot of names and suggestions for ways to help kids currently growing up in addictive households, but not nearly as many suggestions for Adult Children.

If you come from an addictive home it is worth the read. It really made me feel like I wasn't alone, or crazy for feeling or coping the way that I had.

There is help and you don't have to be who you were when you had to deal with the world on your shoulders.