Addictions

Addiction, Power, and Powerlessness
Bridges to Recovery
by Jo-Ann Krestan
The ecology of addiction in a multicultural society requires us, as family therapists and addiction counselors, to re-examine two core ideas that have historically guided our treatment of addiction in the United States: power and powerlessness. Pride, fal

Introduction
Bridges to Recovery
by Jo-Ann Krestan
This book really began in the early nineties, on an icy, rain-soaked January day. I had been invited to the Roberto Clemente Guidance Center, in New York City, to teach a seminar on the family systems model of treatment first elaborated

Part Two
A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey
Back in the car with a headache and bad breath. We're heading north and west to Minnesota. My Father made some calls and got me into a Clinic and I don't have any other options, so I agree to spend some time there and for now I'm fine with it.

Part One
A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey
Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, A Million Little Pieces is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. Recounted in visceral, kinetic prose, and crafted with a forthrightness that rejects piety

From Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Under the Influence: The Literature of Addiction
by Rebecca Shannonhouse
It is so long since I first took opium, that if it had been a trifling incident in my life, I might have forgotten its date: but cardinal events are not to be forgotten; and from circumstances connected with it, I remember that it must be referred to the

Why I Wrote This Book
Praying for Recovery, Psalms and Meditations
by Eli Ezry
It has been said that all addiction is search for God, though addicts unfortunately search in the wrong places - whether in alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, pornography, or work, or in another person, through codependency, sex, or love.

Prologue
The Seven Deadly Needs
by Edward Bear
The Seven Deadly Needs, the sequel to Edward Bear's The Dark Night of Recovery, is written as a series of tape-recorded sessions between mentor, Tyler, and his somewhat resistant pupil, Edward Bear.

Prologue
The Dark Night of Recovery: Conversations from the Bottom of the Bottle
by Edward Bear
Follow this inspiring work as it shows you what it feels like to hit the wall or hit bottom on a spiritual path, and find insight on how to move forward toward a better life. Probe the darkness, the despair and the joy that are inherent in the quest

Introduction
Playing It Straight: Personal Conversations on Recovery, Transformation and Success
by David Dodd
In this groundbreaking work, rock-n-roll writer and critic David Dodd presents some of the most powerful interviews with musicians, entertainers and athletes you will ever read.

Learning to Trust Your Story
Destination Joy : Moving Beyond Fear, Loss, and Trauma in Recovery
by Earnie Larsen
The only truth we will ever find is in our stories. We are our stories. Recovery demands we pay attention to what our stories have to tell us. Want the best possible insights on recovery? Look at your own life story.

Chapter 2: The Stranger You Love
Addict in the Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery
by Beverly Conyers, MA
All addicts' stories are heartbreaking in their own unique ways. But if you hear enough of these stories, you begin to realize that they are also distressingly similar.

Introduction to the Stages of Recovery
My Recovery: A Personal Plan for Healing
by Charles L. Whitfield, M.D.
If you or someone you love is battling an addiction to alcohol, drugs, food, gambling or the like, struggling with a mental illness or a harmful lifestyle habit, this book can help.

The Origins of Trauma
Trauma and Addiction: Ending the Cycle of Pain Through Emotional Literacy
by Tian Dayton, Ph.D.
Trauma, by its very nature, renders a person emotionally illiterate. What happens feels out of the norm, hard to pin down, elusive and strange, so we don't integrate it into our context of normal living.

Straight Talk about Addiction and Recovery
Straight Talk from Claudia Black: What Recovering Parents Should Tell Their Kids About Drugs and Alcohol
by Claudia A. Black, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Talking with your kids about alcohol use, drug use, and addiction can be difficult for any parent. For recovering parents, conversations with your children about drug use and abuse are even more complex, urgent, and personal.

Why Teens Begin Using Marijuana
Marijuana - What's a Parent to Believe?
by Timmen L. Cermak
As a parent, if you're not sure what to believe about marijuana, how will you handle the subject with your child? Maybe you smoked pot as a teen, or you use marijuana today. Maybe you never tried pot, or you don't even know what it looks like.

Wellness: The Missing Dimension in Recovery
The Wellness-Recovery Connection: Charting Your Pathway to Optimal Health While Recovering from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
by John Newport, Ph.D
As you may be aware you are not the only one who has ever hidden empty wine bottles from your spouse missed out on a good job due to failing a drug screening or fallen into a pattern of constantly covering up for the irresponsible behavior of an alcoholic

Recovery Hints
Adult Children of Alcoholics
by Janet Woititz
It is important to be clear what recovery means for adult children. Alcoholism is a disease. People recovering from alcoholism are recovering from a disease. The medical model is accepted by all responsible folks working in alcoholism treatment.

Is This For Real?
End Your Addiction Now
by Charles Gant, M.D. and Greg Lewis, Ph.D.
If you're like most people, when you hear that there's an addiction recovery program that will reduce substance cravings, detoxify your body and help heal the physiological damage done by drug and alcohol abuse-and do it all using only natural nutritional

What's The Scientific Basis Of The Power Recovery Program?
End Your Addiction Now
by Charles Gant, M.D. and Greg Lewis, Ph.D.
The laws of biochemistry are absolute and unchanging, and we live according to them, whether we know it or not. By following my Power Recovery Program, you'll be getting yourself back in synch with what I refer to as your billion-year-old biochemistry.

How Can The Power Recovery Program Help Me?
End Your Addiction Now
by Charles Gant, M.D. and Greg Lewis, Ph.D.
The Power Recovery Program has one purpose: to help you, as a recovering substance user, improve your outcome, regardless of what else you do. By improve your outcome, I mean dramatically increase the odds that you'll be able to successfully recover from