Melody Beattie's Beyond Codependency and her daily meditation series have been life savers this summer. Her writing style is very easy to read and it was an eye opener for me. I saw myself in so much of the books. But the good thing is, I also saw a sense of hope that yes, I am those ways but there are things I can do about it. It's not all hopeless, as I've always figured. The daily meditations are very uplifting.