Reading List

 

Addiction & Dependency

Basic Education: Disease of Chemical Dependency

  • Staying Sober by Terence Gorski

  • Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism by Milam and Ketchum

  • I’ll Quit Tomorrow by Vernon Johnson

  • Another Chance by Sharon Wegschieder-Cruse

  • How We Choose to Be Happy by Rick Foster and Greg Hicks

  • The Science of Addiction: from Neurobiology to Treatment by Carlton K. Erickson

  • Broken by William Cope Meyers

  • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate, MD

Adult Children of Alcoholics

  • Adult Children — Secrets of Dysfunctional Families by John and Linda Friel

  • Healing the Child Within- Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families by Charles L. Whitfield, MD

  • Adult Children of Alcoholics by Janet Woititz

  • Repeat After Me by Claudia Black

  • Struggle for Intimacy by Janet Woititz

  • From Survival to Recovery: Growing Up In An Alcoholic Home by Al-Anon

  • Courage to Be Me by Al-Anon

Children of Alcoholic Parents

  • My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease by Claudia Black

  • Alateen: Hope for Children of Alcoholics by Al-Anon

Parents of Chemically Dependent Children

  • How to Cope with a Teenage Drinker by Gary Forest

  • Not My Kid: A Parent’s Guide to Kids and Drugs by Polson and Newton

  • Kids, Drugs, and the Law by David Evans

  • The Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppettine

Family & Friends

  • Emotional Sobriety by Tian Dayton, PhD

  • Facing Codependence by Pia Mellody

  • The New Codependency by Melody Beattie

  • Codependency- Healing the Human Condition by Charles L. Whitfield, MD

  • Boundaries and Relationships by Charles L. Whitfield, MD

  • Co-Dependent No More by Melody Beattie

  • Getting Them Sober (I, II and Action Guide) by Toby Rice Drews

  • The Booze Battle by Ruth Maxwell

  • Choicemaking by Sharon Wegschieder-Cruse

  • Marriage on the Rocks by Janet Woititz

  • Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes Are High by Ker Patterson, Joseph Grenny, etc.

  • The Family Recovery Guide by Stephanie Brown and Virginia Lewis

  • How to Be an Adult in Relationships by David Richo

  • Wired for Love by Stan Tatkin

  • The Relationship Cure by John Gottman and Joan De Claire

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Other Issues & Interests

Meditation

  • Today’s Gift (Families) by Hazeldon

  • The Promise of a New Day (Anyone) by Hazeldon

  • Each Day a New Beginning (Women) by Hazeldon

  • One Day at a Time (Families and Friends) by Al-Anon

  • One Day at a Time (Children and Adolescents) by Al-Anon

Spirituality & Wellness

  • Anger by Thich Nhat Hahn

  • Making Contact (Communication) by Virginia Satir

  • The Angry Book (Dealing with Anger) by Virginia Satir

  • Self Esteem by Virginia Satir

  • If You Knew Me, Would You Still Like Me? by Eugene Kennedy

  • Twelve Steps for Everyone by Hazeldon

  • The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, MD

  • When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödran

  • A New Earth by Eckart Tolle

  • One Breath At a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps by Kevin Griffith

  • The Gifts of Imperfection by Brenee Brown

  • The Power of Now by Eckart Tolk

  • A Course of Love by David Hawkins, MD

  • Letting Go- the Pathway of Surrender by David Hawkins, MD

  • Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love & Wisdom by Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius, MD, PhD

Attachment

  • Attached: The New Science of Attachment by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

ADHD

  • Scattered by Gabor Mate, MD

Trauma

  • Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine