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
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