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Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous This is the “Big Book,” the basic text for AA. The first part describes the AA recovery program; the latter two-thirds of the book includes extensive personal testimonies by AA members in recovery. 2000, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services | ||
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Born to Lose: Memoirs of a Compulsive Gambler Bill Lee This is Bill Lee's story of his gambling addiction, which is set in San Francisco's China Town and steeped in a culture where it is not unheard of for gamblers to lose their children to a bet. With gritty honesty and true humility, Lee describes what gambling addiction feels like and looks like from the inside and tells the story of the gambling binge that brought him to financial ruin. In the end, however, Born to Lose is a memoir of hope as Lee reveals how recovery from his gambling addiction has been possible through the Twelve-Step Program. 2005, Hazelden | ||
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Controlling Your Drinking: Tools to Make Moderation Work for You William R. Miller, Ricardo F. Munoz This updated version of a clinically tested manual offers tools for successful moderation - like spacing alcoholic drinks with non-alcoholic ones and timing drinks to maintain low levels of blood alcohol concentration, as well as tactics for dealing with common challenges like hard-drinking friends and social anxiety. 2004, The Guilford Press | ||
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A Currency of Hope Debtors Anonymous An official publication of The Debtors Anonymous 12-Step Fellowship, this book describes the basics of the Debtors Anonymous Recovery Program. It includes success stories of D.A. members and offers experience, strength, and hope to help other compulsive debtors and all those who want to stop incurring unsecured debt. 1999, General Service Board of Trustees, Inc. | ||
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Don’t Call It Love: Recovery from Sexual Addiction Patrick Carnes A ground-breaking work by the nation’s leading professional expert on sexual addiction, based on the candid testimony of more than one thousand recovering sexual addicts. The book includes advice from the addicts and their partners as they work to overcome their compulsive behavior patterns. Positive, hopeful and practical. 1992, Bantam | ||
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A Drinking Life: A Memoir Pete Hamill Pete Hamill’s rich Brooklyn childhood is evocatively portrayed in this memoir. But childhood ended early for him, and part of being a man was to drink. Alcohol helped him overcome his sexual shyness, and he describes his life as a successful, prize-winning reporter, culminating in his decision on a New Year’s Eve to stop drinking because as he said, “I have no talent for it.” A powerful book that tells an honest story with love and humor. 1994, Little, Brown | ||
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Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery Patrick Carnes This text takes techniques used by thousands of people recovering from sex addiction and shows in a step-by-step manner how to break free of this disease and live a healthier, more fulfilling life. Each chapter provides practical exercises designed to address topics like dealing with the power of denial, facing the consequences of behavior, using recovery principles, how to respond to change and crisis, and how to manage life without dysfunctional behavior. 2001, Hazelden | ||
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A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps: The Classic Guide for All People in the Process of Recovery Patrick Carnes An excellent and practical book for people in the process of healing from addiction. It is in workbook form and provides structured exercises to help recovering people integrate the twelve steps into their lives. 1994, Hazelden | ||
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Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder Rachel Reiland In this first hand account of Borderline Personality Disorder, Reiland (a pseudonym) tells the poignant story of her life which included episodes of anorexia, promiscuity, impulsiveness, suicide attempts, hospitalizations, and often unrelenting, anger-intensive, violent and unpredictable behavior. With astonishing honesty, Reiland's memoir reveals the inner reality of her illness and shows how healing and recovery is possible through intensive therapy and the support of loved ones. 2004, Hazelden | ||
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The Harder They Fall : Celebrities Tell Their Real-Life Stories of Addiction and Recovery Gary Stromberg, Jane Merrill The 21 celebrities who tell their stories in this book include Richard Pryor, Mariette Hartley, Alice Cooper, Steve Earle, and Grace Slick. They are all in recovery from addictions to alcohol or drugs; the strength of these honest and affecting essays is in showing the variety of paths to recovery. 2005, Hazelden | ||
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How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously Jerrold Mundis This book offers hope to the millions of consumers who have become trapped in a spiral of debt. This complete step-by-step guide shows you how to get out of debt once and for all. The book helps you recognize the warning signs of serious debt, design a realistic pay-back schedule and identify your spending blind spots. Learn how to get out from under the daily stress of debt! 1990, Bantam | ||
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In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior Patrick Carnes, et. al. Patrick Carnes pioneered the assessment and treatment of sexual addiction. In this book he focuses on cyber-sex addiction, including online pornography use and cyber-chat addiction. The book includes guidance to help you determine whether you are suffering from these compulsive behaviors and supportive steps to take to free yourself. 2004, Hazelden | ||
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Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction Patrick Carnes This breakthrough work, the first to describe sexual addiction, is still the standard for recognizing and overcoming this destructive behavior. Patrick Carnes writes with insight and compassion and outlines how to identify sexual addiction and change the patterns that support it. 1995, Perennial Currents | ||
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Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol Patt Denning, Jeannie Little, Adina Glickman This guide, an alternative to abstinence-only programs, offers solace, support, information, and the skills you need to understand harm reduction and use it to make positive changes in your life. 2003, The Guilford Press | ||
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A Place Called Self: Women, Sobriety and Radical Transformation Stephanie Brown Why is it that newfound sobriety with its hard-won joys and accomplishments can be such a lonely and unsatisfying experience for many women? Once a woman leaves behind the numbing comforts of alcohol or other drugs, she is left to face herself - perhaps for the first time in her life. With gentle guidance and personal stories, Dr. Brown helps readers unravel painful truths and confusing feelings and weave for themselves a true sense of self. This book offers women a map to find their way through the rocky spots in sobriety. 2004, Hazelden | ||
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The Sex Addiction Workbook: Proven Strategies to Help You Regain Control of Your Life Tamara Penix Sbraga, William T. O'Donohue This helpful workbook presents the only scientifically supported treatment method for sex addicts. In it the reader may explore the root causes of addiction; reduce high-risk sexual behavior and the use of online porn, phone sex, strip bars; put an end to affairs forever; and rediscover a healthy attitude toward sex. 2004, New Harbinger | ||
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Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred Patrick Carnes and Joseph Moriarity Sexual anorexia is an extreme fear of sexual intimacy and the obsessive avoidance of sex. The authors examine its causes, often arising from childhood trauma and other forms of abuse and neglect, and then describe concrete tasks and plans for exploring intimacy and restoring healthy sexuality. 1997, Hazelden | ||
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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Alcoholics Anonymous Called the “12 and 12” in AA, this is the best available source for someone wishing to understand the traditions and steps more completely. The book includes heartfelt stories and vignettes illustrating the points made in the text. 1989, Halzelden |
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