While there are many courses and tutorials online, learning from a book is still one of the best ways to greatly improve your skills. Below I have selected top Addiction Recovery books.
- Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions (2018)
- 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery: Avoiding Relapse through Self-Awareness and Right Action (2008)
- The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping with the Grief, Stress and Anger that Trigger Addictive Behaviors (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) (2012)
- The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook: Changing Addictive Behaviors Using CBT, Mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing Techniques (New Harbinger Self-help Workbooks) (2015)
- Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction (2014)
- Rewired: A Bold New Approach To Addiction and Recovery (2015)
- The Addiction Recovery Workbook: Powerful Skills for Preventing Relapse Every Day (2018)
- UNBROKEN BRAIN (2017)
- Recovery from Trauma, Addiction, or Both: Strategies for Finding Your Best Self (2017)
- Addiction Recovery: A Family’s Journey (2013)
- Twelve Secular Steps: An Addiction Recovery Guide (2018)
- Mastering the Addicted Brain: Building a Sane and Meaningful Life to Stay Clean (2017)
- Recovery Dharma: How to Use Buddhist Practices and Principles to Heal the Suffering of Addiction (2019)
Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions (2018)
“This manual for self-realization comes not from a mountain but from the mudMy qualification is not that I am better than you but I am worse.” ―Russell BrandWith a rare mix of honesty, humor, and compassion, comedian and movie star Russell Brand mines his own wild story and shares the advice and wisdom he has gained through his fourteen years of recovery.
12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery: Avoiding Relapse through Self-Awareness and Right Action (2008)
To grow in recovery, we must grow up emotionally. This means getting honest with ourselves and facing up to the self-defeating thoughts and actions that put our sobriety at risk.
The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping with the Grief, Stress and Anger that Trigger Addictive Behaviors (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) (2012)
Most addictive behavior is rooted in some type of loss, be it the death of a loved one, coming to terms with limitations set by chronic health problems, or the end of a relationship. By turning to drugs and alcohol, people who have suffered a loss can numb their grief. In the process, they postpone their healing and can drive themselves further into addiction.
The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook: Changing Addictive Behaviors Using CBT, Mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing Techniques (New Harbinger Self-help Workbooks) (2015)
If you struggle with addiction, seeking treatment is a powerful, positive first step toward eventual recovery. But gaining an understanding of the causes of addiction—such as feelings of helplessness or loss of control—is also crucial for recovery.
Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction (2014)
Bestselling author and renowned Buddhist teacher Noah Levine adapts the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path into a proven and systematic approach to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction—an indispensable alternative to the 12-step program.While many desperately need the help of the 12-step recovery program, the traditional AA model’s focus on an external higher power can alienate people who don’t connect with its religious tenets.
Rewired: A Bold New Approach To Addiction and Recovery (2015)
is a new, breakthrough approach to fighting addiction and self-damaging behavior by acknowledging our personal power to bring ourselves back from the brink.
The Addiction Recovery Workbook: Powerful Skills for Preventing Relapse Every Day (2018)
Prevent relapse with practical coping skills for everyday life from The Addiction Recovery Workbook.Preventing relapse in daily life is where the work of a successful recovery starts.
UNBROKEN BRAIN (2017)
More people than ever before see themselves as addicted to, or recovering from, addiction, whether it be alcohol or drugs, prescription meds, sex, gambling, porn, or the internet. But despite the unprecedented attention, our understanding of addiction is trapped in unfounded 20th century ideas, addiction as a crime or as brain disease, and in equally outdated treatment.
Recovery from Trauma, Addiction, or Both: Strategies for Finding Your Best Self (2017)
This book has been replaced by Finding Your Best Self, Revised Edition: Recovery from Addiction, Trauma, or Both, ISBN 978-1-4625-3989-5.
Addiction Recovery: A Family’s Journey (2013)
Addiction can be a launching pad. Healing brings addicts and alcoholics closer to living life with integrity and self-reflection and in service to others. This journey from addict or alcoholic to fully functional adult is called recovery. Simply defined, recovery is the practice of behavioral, psychological and spiritual changes, beginning with abstinence, that encourage (and reflect) a healthy life.
Twelve Secular Steps: An Addiction Recovery Guide (2018)
The first crisis is an honest admission that my addiction is real, and it’s out of control. The next crisis then hits: What am I going to do about it? One solution is to use the support and experience of fellow addicts and alcoholics who have successfully recovered in 12 Step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous. Yet the traditional Steps and approved literature may prove problematic, for they have seen little evolution since their evangelical origins in the 1930s.
Mastering the Addicted Brain: Building a Sane and Meaningful Life to Stay Clean (2017)
As most drug and alcohol addicts eventually realize, good intentions alone aren’t enough to break destructive habits. However, addiction can be managed once its true nature is understood. This simple yet profound guidebook takes you step-by-step through the process of building a life after addiction by adopting new behaviors that create lasting change.
Recovery Dharma: How to Use Buddhist Practices and Principles to Heal the Suffering of Addiction (2019)
In the Buddhist tradition, “Dharma” means “truth,” or “the way things are.” This book describes a way to free ourselves from the suffering of addiction using Buddhist practices and principles. Our program is based on the idea that every one of us is our own guide in recovery from addiction, with the help and understanding of our wise friends and sangha (community). We believe that’s what the Dharma teaches us.
Best Addiction Recovery Books Worth Your Attention
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Overcoming Addiction - An Islamic Approach to Recovery
Author(s): Tayba Foundation
ID: 3318066, Publisher: Tayba Publications, Year: 2022, Size: 6 Mb, Format: pdf
Off Center: A Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, and Redemption in Professional Football
Author(s): Randy Grimes
ID: 3415168, Publisher: Spiritus Communications, Year: 2022, Size: 521 Kb, Format: epub
Addiction Recovery and Resilience
Author(s): Townsand Price-Spratlen
ID: 3422487, Publisher: State University of New York Press, Year: 2022, Size: 1 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are truly best-sellers according to Los Angeles Times, others are composed by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.