Lost In The Shuffle: The Co-Dependent Reality »

Robert C. Subby has worked professionally in the areas of addiction and mental health for the past 15 years. He is a pioneer in the development of family centered chemical dependency and co-dependency treatment. Subby is a founding board member of the National Association of Children of Alcoholics, Executive Direction of Family Systems Center, and Program Director of the Life Design Outpatient Chemical Dependency, Co-Dependency and Compulsive Treatment Program, both located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"Co-dependency" is the denial or repression of the real self. It is based on the wrong belief that love, acceptance, security, success, closeness and salvation are all dependent upon one's ability to do "the right thing." In the process, the co-dependent denies who he really is. Once addicted, the codependent becomes blind to the reality of his own behavior and to his own self-worth.

A witty and well-told story, Lost In The Shuffle is written for those who seek to find themselves and break free of their troubled past and their present addiction to the rules the do-dependent lives by. Robert Subby presents new insights in an earthy, honest manner and shares the process of recovery with all who have been lost in the shuffle.