If I had a second title to this book it would be Confessions of A Recovering Boomer Co-deparent. By boomer co-deparent I mean-A baby boomer or any parent that has a codependent relationship with his/her troubled young adult 18 years or older. For I have personally discovered that if we as parents of problematic young adults do not reclaim our lives we stand the chance of not being any happier than our unhappiest young adult. By reclaiming our lives I do not mean that we no longer try to help our young adults live more responsibly. But I do mean that we take as much care of ourselves as we do our irresponsible young adults and find our own voice once again. Hopefully, this book will help increase our own autonomy (self-governing) and decrease our codependency (unhealthy dependency) in the process of taking better care of ourselves as we try to help our young adults.