Nonfiction Parent Help and Recovery Books

non fiction books

This section features some excellent non-fiction recovery books. They have shaped my thinking and approach. These books will give you insights to help you learn more about substance use disorder. They are listed here in no particular order. 

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The Parallel Process: Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult Child in Treatment

By Krissy Pozatek

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change

by Jeff Foote, Ph.D., Carrie Wilkens, Ph.D., and Nicole Kosanke Ph.D.

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Get Your Loved One Sober: An Alternative to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening

by Robert J. Meyers and Brenda L. Wolfe

Print | eBook

20 Minute Guide: Parents

by the Center for Motivation and Change

Print

Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth About the Treatment Industry–and How to Get Help That Helps

By Anne M. Fletcher

Print | eBook | Audiobook

The Compassion Antidote

By Catherine Taughinbaugh

Print | eBook

The Journey of the Heroic Parent: Your Child’s Struggle & the Road Home

By Brad M. Reedy, Ph.D.

Print | eBook | Audiobook

The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind

By Jonah Berger

Print | eBook | Audiobook

You are Not Alone: Hope for Hurting Parents of Troubled Kids

By Dena Yohe

Print | eBook |

Not by Chance: How Parents Boost Their Teen’s Success In and After Treatment

By Tim R. Thayne, Ph.D.

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Which Way to Turn: Understanding Adolescent Substance Use

By Rand Teed

| eBook |

The Right Rehab: A Guide to Addiction and Mental Illness Recovery When Crisis Hits Your Family

By Walter Wolf

Print | eBook 

Rewired: A Bold New Approach to Addiction and Recovery

By Erica Spiegelman

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction

By Maia Szalavitz

Print | eBook | Audiobook

CLEAN: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy

By David Sheff

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction: Your Self-Treatment Guide to Alcohol, Drugs, Eating Disorders, Gambling, Hoarding, Smoking, Sex, and Porn

By Christopher Kennedy Lawford

Print | eBook | Audiobook

America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life

By Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Print | eBook | Audiobook

If You Loved Me, You’d Stop!: What You Need to Know When Your Loved One Drinks Too Much

By Lisa Fredericksen

Print | eBook

Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems–Advice From Those Who Have Succeeded

by Anne Fletcher

Print | eBook

Listening Well: The Art of Empathic Understanding

By William R. Miller

Print | eBook

American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis – And How to End It. 

By Ryan Hampton

Print | eBook | AudioBook

A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction

by Patrick J. Kennedy

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Why Don’t They Just Quit

By Joe Herzanek and Judy Herzanek

Print | eBook

Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud: Relapse and the Symptoms of Sobriety

By Scott Stevens

Print | eBook

Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception

By Abraham J. Twerski

Print | eBook

Parents to PhDs: 28 Interviews with People Who Share Heartache, Wisdom, and Healing From First-Hand Experience From Substance Use Disorder

By Cathy Taughinbaugh

eBook

 

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