Repeat After Me (ISBN 0910223041)

"Repeat" is not Realistic:
This is a work book designed to help ACOAs break free of the constraints of their upbringing. I am an ACOA and, like you reading my review, wanted to believe that re-training my thinking and outlook through these text book exercises would improve my life. I am sorry to say that is NOT realistic. The book is juvenile and tiresome with it's page after page of lists of feelings and events. Also, it is nothing more than her earlier book "It will never happen to me" with these exercises punctuating each paradigm. My best recommendation would be to purchase her original book and save your time, hope and money by passing over the temptation to commit to Repeat after Me work book. The original book is quite insightful and thought provoking on it's own. Good luck.

Repeat After Me is worth the money:
This book contains some nice information and is a worthwhile read.

Just for Class:
I have not read this book, as it is just for my class, and we have not been assigned any part of it, as of this writing. So, I can not review it. Besides, I do would not write a review for a textbook.

I recommend this book, but....:
I was recommended this book by my psychologist. It is a work book for the adult children of alcoholic parents. By work book, I mean there are exercises to complete which force you to remember things you had long ago either forgotten or shoved aside, and it can be a fairly painful and difficult process. I have to attempt the exercises in small steps, because it makes me an emotional wasteland for a while after. Some of the tasks include, family tree, event recollection, and assessing your own emotions. So far, I haven't gotten much from the book, it seems to give you many, um, excuses as to why we feel the way we do, behave the way we do and view the world differently from the so-called "normal" people. I am not very keen on the feeling I get from this book of being a victim. Though, as helpless children forced to grow up in abusive situations, we are victims, but as adults, we've moved beyond the victim role into something else. While it's not exactly mentally healthy to repress, it is our way of coping with our past. Forcing all the pain from our past to the surface is excruciating, and I met it with a lot of resistance. It takes time, and I urge you, as awful as the initial feelings are, don't give up, grit your teeth, and proceed. I suggest that if you feel this book may help you in some capacity, use it in conjunction with professional therapy of some type, as it helps to have someone view your answers and talk about them with you.

An exceptional tool for ACOA's.:
This is an excellent book to aid therspists or individuals to continue to move forward in becoming aware of how their family system affected them. This is really the first step in recovery. I love this book!