Unstuck and Over It: Thoughts on Alcoholism, Depression and Entitlement was written for the sufferer trying to make sense of why people in an alcoholic setting do what they do. Reacting in, at times, bizarre fashion when one has lived with one or many alcoholics, as the author did as a child, often surfaces later in life and is truly a mystery. Parenting and the mystical way in which it materializes is but one of the themes of this book. Toxicity resulting from believing that "appearances" are important is another.