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Sane: Mental Illness, Addiction, and the 12 Steps

by Marya Hornbacher

Marya Hornbacher, author of the international best sellers Madness and Wasted, offers an enlightening examination of the Twelve Steps for those with co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders.

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Mindfulness and the 12 Steps: Living Recovery in the Present Moment

by Therese Jacobs-Stewart

With the artistry of a memoirist, Thérèse Jacobs-Stewart draws on her personal story and an impressive range of knowledge in psychology, spirituality, and the Twelve Steps to show us the way out of the morass...

Double Trouble In Recovery: Basic Guide

by Howard Vogel

Since 1989, clients with severe co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders have found experience, strength, and hope through the Twelve Step group Double Trouble in Recovery (DTR). This is the equivalent...

Hope and Recovery: A Twelve Step Guide for Healing From Compulsive Sexual Behavior

by Anonymous

A remarkable work, Hope and Recovery guides and supports the life-transforming move from self-defeating and destructive sexual behavior to healthy, affirming sexuality. This widely acclaimed contribution to...

Choices and Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs

by Dick Schaefer

Alcohol and other drug use among teenagers is epidemic. Children as young as grade-school age are experimenting with mood-altering substances. One out of every four high school students drink to excess when...

It's Not Okay to Be a Cannibal: How to Keep Addiction from Eating Your Family Alive

by Andrew T Wainwright & Robert Poznanovich

Two of today's top addiction consultants guide families devastated by a loved one's addiction. As countless families can attest, addiction is a disease that destroys families, not just individuals. Secrecy,...

Bill W: The absorbing and deeply moving life story of Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

by Robert Thomsen

This is the story of a man whose discovery and vision have changed the lives of millions of people throughout the world. Robert Thomsen's biography takes readers through the events of Bill W.'s life, all the...

The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction

by Robert L Dupont

Why is the brain so vulnerable to the effects of alcohol and other drugs? How does addiction echo through families, cultures, and history? What is it that families and communities do to promote or prevent addiction?...

Free at Last: Daily Meditations by and for Inmates

by Anonymous

The high correlation between substance abuse and crime makes treatment for inmates a vital concern. Free at Last gives voice to those inmates who have escaped the prison of chemical dependency and offers a promise...

Easy Does It: A Book of Daily 12 Step Meditations

by Anonymous

From the Introduction

Easy Does It is a slogan and a philosophy of all 12 Step Fellowships. Those who work toward progress in recovery are advised to be patient. When they go slowly - and solutions to problems...

Of Course You're Angry: A Guide to Dealing with the Emotions of Substance Abuse

by Gayle Rosellini & Mark Worden

Though we may not like to admit it, all of us get angry. At times we feel irked, exasperated, irritated, resentful, even enraged. Anger is a normal and healthy human emotion; learning to acknowledge and express...

Days of Healing Days of Joy: Daily Meditations for Adult Children

by Earnie Larsen & Carol Larsen Hegarty

From the winter of our doubts and confusion and sadness we waken to a spring of the self-stirring anew. In the days of healing and joy that lie ahead, let this book of daily meditations speak to you, instilling...

101 Meeting Starters: A Guide to Better Twelve Step Discussions

by Mel B.

Mel B's 101 Meeting Starters is a friendly, first-ever guide to making the most of Twelve Step meetings. Anyone who has participated in a Twelve Step meeting knows the benefit of these confidential forums for...

Straight Talk from Claudia Black: What Recovering Parents Should Tell Their Kids about Drugs and Alcohol

by Claudia Black

Alcohol use, drug use, and addiction are challenging topics for parents to discuss with children. These subjects are even more complex, and more urgent, for recovering parents to discuss with their children....

Twenty Four Hours a Day for Teens: Daily Meditations

by Anonymous

Twenty-Four Hours a Day for Teens, Hazelden's newest daily meditation book, was created to help young people navigate the peaks and valleys of developing an active spiritual life in recovery. As an abridged...

Young Sober and Free: Experience, Strength, and Hope for Young Adults

by Shelly Marshall

Real teens tell the real story about getting sober and staying sober in this edgy, winning interpretation of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Shelly Marshall lets her teen contributors speak for themselves...

Rewind Replay Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

by Jeff Bell

Rewind, Replay, Repeat is the revealing story of Jeff Bell's struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and his hard-won recovery. Nagging doubt: It's a part of everyday life. Who hasn't doubled back...

Sober But Stuck: Obstacles Most Often Encountered That Keep Us From Growing In Recovery

by Dan F.

People in recovery soon find out that maintaining abstinence from alcohol and other drugs is only half the battle. Sober But Stuck addresses the issues that can act as barriers to serenity and ultimately threaten...

Walk in Dry Places

by Mel B.

For many people involved in Twelve Step recovery, there is always a need for the basics. Walk in Dry Places provides this solid insight and support. Written in the classic style of early meditation books, Walk...

Quit Before You Know It: The Stress-Free, Guilt-Free Way to Stop Smoking--By Planning Your Relapses

by Sandra Rutter

Learn about a stress-free, guilt-free way to stop smoking - for good. An ex-smoker and psychologist, Sandra Rutter walks you through her innovative method in Quit Before You Know It, providing you with step-by-step...