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Suggested Readings
 

The following books and references are recommended for additional study.

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Chemical Dependency

Depression

Death and Greiving

 

“Final gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying” by Maggie Callanan

“Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson” by Mitch Albom

“Conquering the Mysteries and Lies of Grief” by Sherry Russell

“How to Survive the Loss of a Love” by Peter McWilliams

“Sad Isn’t Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing With Loss (Elf-Help Books for Kids)” by Michaelene Mundy

“I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye” by Brook Noel

“The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic &

International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition” by Sogval

Rinpoche

“Good Grief: A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss” by Granger E. Westberg

“On Death and Dying” by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“A Grief Observed” by C.S. Lewis

“Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief” by Martha Whitmore Hickman

“The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death Divorce, and Other Losses” by John W. James

“Embraced by the Light” by Betty J. Eadie

“How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies” by Therese A. Rando

“Where’s God When It Hurts?” by Philip Yancey

“How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter” by Sherwin B. Nuland

“Silver Linings: Triumph of the Challenger 7″ by June Scobee Rodgers

“Tear Soup” by Pat Schweibert

“C.S. Lewis Signature Classics: Mere Christianity, The Screwtape

Letters, A Grief Observed, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, and The Great

Divorce (Boxed Set)” by C.S. Lewis

“What On Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies?” by Trevor Romain

 

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Chemical Dependancy

“The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Nonsmokers Using the Easyway Method” by Allen Carr (Hardcover – Jan 2005)

“The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery” by Chris Prentiss (Paperback – Sep 2005)

“Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Meth Addiction” by David Sheff (Hardcover – Feb 26, 2008)”

Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story” by Brian “Head” Welch (Hardcover – Jul 3, 2007)

“Alcoholics Anonymous: Big Book”, Original Edition (Hardcover – Jul 26, 2007)

“Adult Children of Alcoholics” by Janet G. Woititz (Paperback – Nov 1, 1990)

“Codependents’ Guide to the Twelve Steps” by Melody Beattie (Paperback – April 9, 1992)

“Narcotics Anonymous” by Narcotics Anonymous (Hardcover – Dec 1, 1991)

“Courage to Change: One Day at a Time in Al-Anon II” by Al-Anon Family Group Head Inc (Hardcover – Jun 1992)”

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions” by Alcoholics Anonymous (Hardcover – Feb 10, 2002)

“Drinking: A Love Story” by Caroline Knapp (Paperback – May 12, 1997)”

Freedom from Addiction: The Chopra Center Method for Overcoming Destructive Habits” by Deepak Chopra and M.D., David Simon (Paperback – Nov 1, 2007)

“Broken” by William Cope Moyers (Paperback – Aug 28, 2007)

“Drug Information Handbook” by Charles F. Lacy, Leonard L. Lance, Lora L. Armstrong, and Naomi B. Ingrim (Paperback – Jul 1998)

“Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction (A Hazelden Guidebook)” by Jeff Jay and Debra Jay

“Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions” by AA Services (Paperback – Feb 10, 2002)

“A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps: The Classic Guide for All People in the Process of Recovery” by Ph.D., Patrick Carnes (Paperback – Sep 1, 1994”

It Will Never Happen to Me: Growing Up With Addiction As Youngsters, Adolescents, Adults” by Claudia Black (Paperback – Mar 8, 2002)

“Living Sober” by AA Services (Paperback – Feb 10, 2002)

“A Woman’s Way Through the Twelve Steps Workbook” by Stephanie S. Covington Ph. D. (Paperback – Oct 1, 2000)”

Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism” by James Robert Milam and Katherine Ketcham (Paperback – Jun 1, 1984)

“Uppers, Downers, All Arounders: Physical and Mental Effects of Psychoactive Drugs” by Darryl Inaba (Paperback – Jul 2000)

“The Complete ACOA Sourcebook: Adult Children of Alcoholics at Home, at Work and in Love” by Janet Woititz and Robert Ackerman (Paperback – Mar 8, 2002)

“Addiction: Why Can’t They Just Stop?” by Susan Cheever, John Hoffman, Susan Froemke, and Sheila Nevins (Hardcover – Mar 6, 2007)

“Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior, 12th Edition” by Charles J. Ksir, Carl L Hart, and Oakley S Ray (Paperback – Nov 2006)

“Addict In The Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery” by Beverly Conyers (Paperback – Aug 26, 2003)

“Dopefiend” by Donald Goines (Mass Market Paperback – May 31, 2007)

“Buzzed:

The Straight Facts about the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to

Ecstasy, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition” by Cynthia Kuhn, Scott, Ph.D. Swartzwelder, Wilkie, Ph.D. Wilson, and Leigh Heather Wilson (Paperback – Oct 2003)

“Relapse Prevention Counseling Workbook: Managing High-Risk Situations” by Terence T. Gorski (Paperback – May 1996)

“Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics” by Herbert L. Gravitz and Julie D. Bowden (Paperback – Sep 15, 1987)

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Depression

“Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”

“The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression”

“The Beast”

“You Can Be Happy No Matter What”

“Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”

“You Can Heal Your Life”

“Undoing Depression”

“An Unquiet Mind”

“Ten Days to Self-Esteem”

The “Elf-Help” Books

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