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
Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change
by Jeff Foote, Ph.D., Carrie Wilkens, Ph.D., and Nicole Kosanke Ph.D.
Get Your Loved One Sober: An Alternative to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening
by Robert J. Meyers and Brenda L. Wolfe
20 Minute Guide: Parents
by the Center for Motivation and Change
Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth About the Treatment Industry–and How to Get Help That Helps
By Anne M. Fletcher
The Compassion Antidote
By Catherine Taughinbaugh
The Journey of the Heroic Parent: Your Child’s Struggle & the Road Home
By Brad M. Reedy, Ph.D.
The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind
By Jonah Berger
You are Not Alone: Hope for Hurting Parents of Troubled Kids
By Dena Yohe
Not by Chance: How Parents Boost Their Teen’s Success In and After Treatment
By Tim R. Thayne, Ph.D.
Which Way to Turn: Understanding Adolescent Substance Use
By Rand Teed
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The Right Rehab: A Guide to Addiction and Mental Illness Recovery When Crisis Hits Your Family
By Walter Wolf
Rewired: A Bold New Approach to Addiction and Recovery
By Erica Spiegelman
Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction
By Maia Szalavitz
CLEAN: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy
By David Sheff
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
America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life
By Benoit Denizet-Lewis
If You Loved Me, You’d Stop!: What You Need to Know When Your Loved One Drinks Too Much
By Lisa Fredericksen
Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems–Advice From Those Who Have Succeeded
by Anne Fletcher
Listening Well: The Art of Empathic Understanding
By William R. Miller
American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis – And How to End It.
By Ryan Hampton
A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction
by Patrick J. Kennedy
Why Don’t They Just Quit
By Joe Herzanek and Judy Herzanek
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud: Relapse and the Symptoms of Sobriety
By Scott Stevens
Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception
By Abraham J. Twerski
Parents to PhDs: 28 Interviews with People Who Share Heartache, Wisdom, and Healing From First-Hand Experience From Substance Use Disorder
By Cathy Taughinbaugh