It just made me angry the way they attacked AA as being too religious (half of the 12 steps mention "God" according to them), and too out-dated. As we said when we were recently discussing Rational Recovery, why is there a need to bash another program? For me, yes - I had overprotective parents who inadvertently kept me from growing up in a healthy way, but I don't see how that could be an excuse for me to go on and nearly destroy myself decades later. I also know many with terrible backgrounds who never touch it. Sadly, I have a friend who is all excited about this book and sees it as a way around facing the inevitable. Meanwhile, what a great excuse for him to keep on drinking. Also, how many of us are in a position to be psychoanalyzed in order to dig for the root of our problems? I sure never was.