Jeanette Elisabeth Menter is a newspaper columnist, freelance magazine writer and Christian Lay Counselor. She began her career at the age of sixteen.Her interest in codependency is based in her own experiences. Having had to live through a childhood filled with addiction, abuse, ongoing shame as a way of control and more, she knows what readers are dealing with. This book is the result of decades of study, personal growth and discovery. "I had the very real need to share what I have learned along the way about this dibilitating problem. I present codependency in a whole new light and believe that anyone who commits to what is laid out in this book will see positive changes in their lives."… Born in Munich, Germany, she was raised in Ohio. At the age of twenty-two she bought a one-way train ticket to California to escape a violent relationship. She spent the next 28 years there and had an sucessful advertising career for over twenty years including as a part owner of a small ad agency and Marketing Director for a family magazine. Yet inside she was still battling the demons of codependency. In 2007 she received her Bachelor's Degree (Cum Laude) from Indiana Wesleyan University with a focus on communications. In 2002, she, her husband John and daughter Rachel moved to Indiana to be closer to her family. Her oldest daughter, Kate, remained in California to complete her schooling. Today, she is a facilitator for ongoing Codependency workshops and as a Board member for the Child Abuse Prevention Advisory Counsel, speaks about this important issue often. "It's amazing how many people still don't understand it, even when it is consuming them and those they love. The need to fix others is always easier than accepting we are codependent and need help." "You're Not Crazy-You're Codependent" is Jeanette Menter's first book and the end result of finally overcoming the huge problem of codependency. "Like addiction, once a codependent, always a codependent. The difference is now I control it...it doesn't control me."