Addiction & Recovery

Melody Beattie's insightful look into codependency has guided millions to understanding that caring for the self is where healing begins.

Known as the "Big Book", the basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of people worldwide get and stay sober since the first edition appeared in 1939....

In this timely and profoundly original book, best-selling writer and physician Gabor Maté looks at the epidemic of addictions in our society, tells us why we are so prone to them, and what is needed to liberate ourselves from their hold on our emotions and behaviours....

Listen to this audiobook now and become a happy non-smoker for the rest of your life....

Annie Grace presents the psychological and neurological components of alcohol use based on the latest science and reveals the cultural, social, and industry factors that support alcohol dependence....

When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital....

We live in a world obsessed with drinking. We drink at baby showers and work events, brunch and book club, graduations and funerals. Yet no one ever questions alcohol’s ubiquity—in fact, the only thing ever questioned is why someone doesn’t drink....

From the author of Hold On, But Don’t Hold Still, the emotionally charged and eye-opening account of a mother who navigates the cacophony of best practices and urgent advice from parenting authorities in search of a way to support her teen as he maps his own path to mental health.

In Quit Drinking Without Willpower, Allen Carr's Easyway method has been applied to problem drinking....

Healing the Shame That Binds You is the most enduring work of family relationship expert and New York Times best-selling author John Bradshaw....

Commonly referred to as the “Twelve and Twelve”, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions comprises 24 foundational essays by Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. that have helped millions of A.A. members worldwide both to get and stay sober “one day at a time”....

A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, Blackout is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure - the sober life she never wanted. For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure"....

This classic guide to the world's most successful stop smoking method is all you need to give up smoking, now available as an audiobook....

Based on the principles behind "Steps Six and Seven", Drop the Rock combines personal stories, practical advice, and powerful insights to help listeners move forward in recovery....

Listen to this audiobook and become a happy non-drinker for the rest of your life....

The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs....

Before meth, Sheff's son, Nic, was a varsity athlete, honor student, and award-winning journalist. After meth, he was a trembling wraith....

A guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, food, and eBay, that will help addicts and their loved ones make the first steps into recovery....

Ever sworn off alcohol for January and found yourself drinking by the 7th? Think there's 'no point' in just one drink? Welcome! There are millions of us....

A frank, fresh, and empowering take on facing addiction, doing recovery, and savoring the joys of a new way of living....

A raw and twisty, pause resisting memoir that sounds like fiction, High Achiever spans Tiffany’s life as an active opioid addict. With heart-racing urgency and unflinching honesty, Jenkins takes you inside the grips of addiction and the desperate decisions it breeds....

Alcohol and You includes everything you need to self-diagnose alcohol problems and find the solution that is right for you....

The ACA Fellowship Text (commonly referred to as the Big Red Book or BRB) is a meeting book, steps book, traditions book, workbook, and group guide....

When you stop drinking, it takes up to 10 days for the alcohol to completely leave your system. It’s a tricky time. You get cravings, and your thinking becomes emotional. Most people struggle in the early days. But now, there’s a modern, scientific solution....

Al-Anon's basic book discusses the mutual-help program of recovery, including personal stories. A beginning approach to the Twelve Concepts of Service is included.

Mind Over Explicit Matter is a groundbreaking and comprehensive guide, meticulously designed to leverage the secrets of brain science to empower individuals in their journey to break free from the clutches of addiction to sexualized media. Leveraging the latest neuroscientific research and practical strategies, this holistic step-by-step program offers a transformative experience that goes beyond surface-level understanding.

Renowned neurologist Dr. Russell Surasky reveals a precise and breakthrough medical treatment for opioid addiction. The book you’re holding in your hands contains the answers that can save your life, the life of a loved one, or—if you’re a doctor—the life of your patient.

Alcohol had a hold on Chris Janssens’s actions and thoughts until she made the life-changing decision to attend a support meeting and realized two truths: it wasn’t her fault and she wasn’t alone. Once she was embraced by a community that offered a nonjudgmental look at her struggles, Chris discovered that if she wanted to have a full and lasting life, alcohol could have no part. In Grace Yourself, a humble account of Chris’s transformation to an alcohol-free life, she offers a hand to others who are experiencing similar struggles, whether their addiction is alcohol or anything else.

Conquer the MAC Exam: Your Guide to the Master Addiction Counselor Certification is a concise study guide designed to help candidates focus on the most essential topics in addiction counseling. Covering the core domains tested in the Master Addiction Counselor exam, this book provides clear explanations of key concepts such as substance use disorders, co-occurring conditions, treatment planning, ethics, and counseling strategies. Readers will explore topics like pharmacology, cultural competence, case management, crisis response, and evidence-based interventions—all foundational to ...

What if addiction, dissociation, and other manifestations of trauma were not framed as diseases or disorders, but rather as adaptive methods of regulating the autonomic nervous system (ANS)? This book takes that approach, and guides listeners through twenty embodied practices that promote the rewiring of the ANS. By integrating the latest neuroscience from Stephen Porges's Polyvagal Theory with Eugene Gendlin's embodied felt sense, Jan Winhall's Felt Sense Polyvagal Model is a paradigm-shifting, deeply somatic approach to healing trauma and addiction.

La cura para la adicción a las drogas se encuentra en la comprensión de cómo el cuerpo y la mente están influenciados simultáneamente por un problema de dependencia química. Solo después de obtener este conocimiento, el adicto puede comenzar el proceso de revertir el ciclo de adicción y empezar a abordar los detonantes mentales que lo han mantenido adicto hasta este punto. Deja la Cocaína Ahora es el único programa de tratamiento contra las drogas en el mundo que lleva al adicto desde el punto más alto de su adicción hasta una auto desintoxicación en 14 días, mientras le ...

My name is Gary Wrenn and I'm an alcoholic. But I'm getting ahead of myself. It took a long time for me to get to the point where I could (gratefully) admit to being an alcoholic. This is a 15-minute story about 20 years of addiction.

How many more years will you let cannabis steal from your potential? That voice questioning who you'd be without it isn’t just anxiety—it’s your true self desperate to break free. You've tried everything: meditation, tapering, accountability partners. Each attempt left you feeling like a failure, convinced you’re unable to quit. The mental fog, the sleepless nights—just thinking about trying again is exhausting. But here’s what most methods get wrong: they focus on fighting urges instead of eliminating them.

When sex and drugs are combined repeatedly and compulsively, there is a high risk of developing what Dr. David Fawcett calls sexualized drug use. This condition is also referred to as paired substance/sex addiction. Unfortunately, the response from the professional community to sexualized drug use has been far from adequate. As Dr. Fawcett writes, “I have had countless clients come to me who have gone through well-known and otherwise exceptional drug addiction treatment programs that never addressed co-occurring behavioral addictions—most notably sex and porn addiction."

There's a seismic shift happening worldwide, as individuals from every social class question their relationship with alcohol and drugs. While marijuana gains mainstream acceptance, a profound inquiry persists: Is this okay? Am I drinking too much? Is this normal? These questions resonate deeply, particularly among professional women who are drinking at higher rates than anyone else, and White women are drinking themselves to death.

This interpretation of the 12 Steps offers a simple, practical, and highly effective method of working through the steps. I invite you to take this transcendent journey towards contented sobriety. There is no need to become concerned about using God as a higher power. All that is required is an agnostic-friendly sponsor. I offer a whole chapter about healthy sponsorship boundaries in AA. Despite being an agnostic, the twelve steps enabled me to begin having healthier relationships as a recovering alcoholic.

After 30 years as a “functioning” alcoholic, my life falls apart. (See my books “Desperately Seeking Sex & Sobriety” and “My Final Journey with Alcoholism” for more details.) I end up in rehab at the Priory Mental Hospital in Chelmsford, England at age 49. This is my 28-day experience.

A Guilty Victim tells the true story of one man’s recovery from childhood trauma, grooming, and sexual abuse at a Catholic boarding school. This contemporary account of psychotherapy with an adult survivor is written with the client’s full consent. It includes nine moving and powerful illustrations created by the client to tell his life story. The complex nature of grooming and abuse is often simplified by those who do not understand it and are left wondering why the victim allowed it to happen. A Guilty Victim challenges that misconception and explains how and why abuse continues and ...

Guided Meditation & Hypnosis to Quit Porn is an innovative and comprehensive guide designed to tackle the often misunderstood and underestimated challenge of pornography addiction. This book delves into the psychological, emotional, and neurological aspects of addiction, offering listeners a deep understanding of how habitual behaviors form and how they can be transformed.

Breaking Free is your ultimate guide to reclaiming your life from alcohol and building a future filled with purpose, joy, and fulfillment. In this compassionate and practical self-help book, you will find the tools, strategies, and inspiration to take control of your drinking, whether you're questioning your relationship with alcohol or fully committed to quitting for good. This book is not just about quitting drinking—it’s about transforming your life.

Penned with a Chainsaw, spilling his O- blood throughout every moment, Jongema relives the raw, agonizing torment of his personal warzone with deathly alcoholism and the profound impact it has had on his life. From the highs of performing live music and global travels to the devastating lows of being trapped within the bottle, almost losing his life via a horrendous death sentence from Delirium Tremens, each chapter explores the duality of grace and despair, navigating forward and backward, suffering with a damaging mental game in decline.

A Fun, Joyous, and Frisky Guide to Ditching Alcohol with Elegance and Flair Darling, if you've ever wondered whether you really need that glass of wine to unwind—or if there’s a way to live life even more fabulously without the fog of alcohol—then congratulations, you’ve just stumbled upon your royal decree. This is not your standard doom-and-gloom detox book. No dreary lectures, no wagging fingers, and absolutely no boring rules. Instead, Detox Like a Duchess is about swapping hangovers for high vibes, sloppiness for sophistication, and tipsy regrets for total self-possession. ...

Supere las garras de la adicción y abra un nuevo capítulo en su vida, incluso si lo ha intentado todo y se siente estancado ¿Se siente atrapado en un ciclo interminable de adicción, anhelando la libertad pero sin saber cómo encontrarla? ¿Sus relaciones están tensas y las responsabilidades cotidianas se sienten como una montaña? ¿Anhela comprensión y apoyo en un mundo que a menudo malinterpreta su lucha? Si su respuesta es "sí", ciertamente no está solo.

What does a mother do when after ten years of drug and alcohol abuse her son is faced with serious jail time? After all of her family’s attempts to save him have failed, is prison the only solution? She takes on the challenge to travel 1,300 miles to be with him when he is taken into custody. To bear witness to his downfall, to be present, to love him. But must she accept the fate that awaits him? This is a mother’s tale. A true story, told through her eyes, of her journey to save her son, who did not want to be saved.

Sober Fitness En Francais is your guide to rebuilding your physical and mental health as you embrace a life free from alcohol. Whether you’re in early recovery or years into your sobriety journey, this book offers practical, empowering tools to strengthen your body and mind.