From David.Steele@usask.ca Mon Feb 03 14:19:13 1997 Path: tribune.usask.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!nntp.mbnet.mb.ca!news.escape.ca!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.magg.net!news.bridge.net!viper.shadow.net!not-for-mail From: obie@shadow.net Newsgroups: alt.recovery.addiction.sexual Subject: Books for Recovery Date: 1 Feb 1997 00:24:13 GMT Organization: Shadow Information Services Lines: 382 Message-ID: <5cu2fd$1ci$2@viper.shadow.net> Reply-To: obie@shadow.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-wpb-33.shadow.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 2.0 The following is a list of books, shows, tape sources and movies dealing with re covery. Items marked with "@" are more spiritually or Christian oriented. The books are not listed in any particular order. THIS LIST IS NOT COMPLETE AND IS NOT A ENDORSEMENT OF OR RECOMMENDATION FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING. This list is added to constantly. If you have suggestions for or corrections to this list please e-mail obie@shadow.net GENERAL RECOVERY BOOKS @1. Serenity, A Companion for 12 Step Recovery, Thomas Nelson Publishers 2. The Recovery Book, by Mooney, Eisenberg, and Eisenberg - Workingman's Press This is a fantastic book for anyone in recovery or anyone who loves someone in recovery. It answers a lot of questions and has good, practical information for all. 3. Learning To Live Again, by GORSKI 4. White Knuckles and Wishful Thinking, by Du Wors 5. Many Roads, One Journey, by Kasl 6. Stairway to Serenity 7. The Path to Serenity by Drs. Hemfelt, Fowler, Minirth, Meier 8. The Recovery Resource Book by Barbara Yoder @9. The 12 Steps-A Spiritual Journey (working guide to healing damaged emotions [ISBN 0-941405-44-3] @10. The 12 Steps for Christians [ISBN 0-941405-57-5 @11. Prayers for the 12 Steps-A Spiritual Journey [ISBN 0-941405-28-1] @12. The Life Recovery Bible [ISBN 0-8423-2809-2] @13. Living Free (a guide to forming recovery ministries, written for pastors and church leaders) ISBN 0-941405-16-8 14. The Diseasing of America, by Stanton Peele 15. The Serenity Pinciple, by Joseph Bailey, ISBN 0-06-250039-2 for 1st ed. (Addiction and recovery, excellent complement to 12-Step programs) How to discover the natural good feelings and wisdom and guidance that are buried deep inside us all. @16. Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality In The Healing of Addictions by Dr. Gerald May (Harper, 1988) "When We just Can't Stop, Overcoming Addiction." Excellent, FREE booklet available from: RBC Ministries Grand Rapids, MI 49555-0001 ALCOHOL RELATED RECOVERY 1. Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book), from Alcoholics Anonymous 2. Physician, Heal Thyself by Dr. Earle M., [wrote the story by that name in the Big Book], subtitled "35 Years of Adventures in Sobriety by an AA 'Old-Timer'" 3. AA Comes of Age, AA 4. 12 Steps and 12 Traditions, AA 5. Came To Believe, AA 6. Living Sober, AA 7. As Bill Sees It, AA 8. The Little Red Book - Hazeldon 9. Goodby Hangovers, Hello Life, by Kirkpatrick 10. Turnabout, by Kirkpatrick 11. How To Stay Sober, by Christopher 12. Young People's Guide to the 12 Steps 13. Staying Sober Exercise Manual, by Gorski, Miller 14. Staying Sober, by Gorski 15. Staying Sober Work Book, by Gorski 16. Sober But Stuck, Dan F 17. Understanding the Twelve Steps, Gorski 18. A.A., The Way It Began. 19. The 7 Points of Alcoholics Anonymous, Richmond Walker 20. A. A. The Story, Ernest Kuntz 21. Things My Sponsor Taught Me, Paul H @22. the Catholic Alcoholic, Roy Barkley 23. The Language of the heart 24. Booze, James H. Grey 25. A New Pair of Glasses, Chuck C. 26. No Laughing matter, Father Joseph C. Martin. 27. The Twelve Steps Revisited, Ronald L. Rogers 28. Getting Better Inside Alcoholics Anonymous, Nan Robertson 29. The Steps We Took by Joe McQ 30. Al-Anon's Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, AA World Services 31. When AA Doesn't Work for You: Rational Steps to Quitting Alcohol, by Albert Ellis & Emmett Velten 32. Alcohol: How to Give it up and be Glad You Did, by Phil Tate 33. The Truth About Addiction and Recovery, by Stanton Peele DRUG RELATED RECOVERY 1. Under The Influence, Dr. James Milmam 2. Time is All We Have, Barnby Conrad 3. The Basic Text, NA 4. It Works: How & Why, NA 5. Just For Today, NA 6. Prescription Drug Abuse-The Hidden Epidemic ISBN 1-886039-22-4 SEXUAL ADDICTION & ABUSE RECOVERY 1. Powerful Peace by Theo van der Weele (recovery from sexual abuse) 2. Don't Call It Love: Recovery From Sexual Addiction by Dr. Patrick Carnes (Bantam Books, 1991) 3. Living On Empty by Mary Jane Hamilton (Victor Books, 1994) 4. Love and Addiction by Stanton Peele with Archie Brodsky (Signet Books, 1991) 5. Who We Are and How We Relate by Dr. Larry Crabb (NavPress, 1992) 6. Out of the Shadows [Sex Addiction] @7. False Intamacy: Understanding the Struggle of Sexual Addiction by Dr. Harry W. Schaumberg (NavPress, 1992) @8.What to do what you find out you Wife Was Sexually Abused, by John Courtwright and Sid Rogers, (Zondervan, 1994). @9. Haunted Marriage: Overcoming the Ghosts of Your Spouse's Childhood Abuse, by Barshinger, LaRowe & Tapia, InterVarsity (1995) 10. Is it LOVE or is it ADDICTION?" by Brenda Schaeffer @11. Addiction and Grace by Gerald G. May, M.D. 12. Do I Have To Give Up ME To Be Loved By YOU? by Jordan Paul, Ph.D. and Margaret Paul, Ph.D. 13. The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm GAMBLING ADDICTION RECOVERY 1. G.A. - Sharing Recovery Through Gamblers Anonymous (ISBN 0-917839-00-5) 2. G.A. - A New Beginning CO-DEPENDENCY/DYSFUNCTIONAL LIVING 1. How to Keep People from Pushing Your Buttons, by Albert Ellis 2. Anger: How to Live With It and Without It, by Albert Ellis 3.How To Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything - Yes, Anything!, by Albert Ellis 4. Coependant No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself 5. Take Charge! With Jeff Jay -by Jeff Jay @6. The 12 Steps--A Way Out (Focuses on issues common to people raised in troubled homes) [ISBN 0-941405-11-7 @7. The 12 Steps for Adult Children (for adults who suffer the effects of growing up in a troubled environment) [ISBN 0-941405-08-7] @8. 12 Step Prayers for A Way Out (collection of prayers and Inspirational readings for anyone in a 12 Step program) [ISBN 0-94145-29-X @9. Using the 12 Steps fo Grow Spiritually - by Patricia F Wallace and Sr. Mary Winnifred 10. The Final Fix: AVRT, by Jack Trimpey 11. The Small Book, by Jack Trimpey 12. "Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway" by Susan Jeffers 13. Adult Children : The Secrets of Dysfunctional Families --John & Linda Friel FOOD ADDICTION & OVEREATERS 1. Overeaters Anonymous - OA 2. 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous - OA 3. 12 Steps of Overeaters Anonymous - Hazelden (different book) 4. Food Addiction - Kay Shepard 5. Compulsive Overeater - Bill B. 6. Maintenance for Compulsive Overeaters - Bill B. 7. Fat and Furious - Judi Hollis 8. Fat is a Family Affair - Judi Hollis 9. Showing Up For Life - Heidi Waldrop (autobiography) 10. Abstinence in Action - CompCare 11. For Today - OA (Daily book) 12. Food for Thought - Hazelden (Daily book) 13. Inner Harvest - Hazelden (Daily book) 14. Taming the Feast Beast, by Jack & Lois Trimpey BOOKS FOR SELF-ESTEEM 1. The Search For Significance, by Robert McGee @2. A Shepherd Looks At The 23rd Psalm, by Phillip Keller 3. Greatest Miracle in the World, by Og Mandino 4. The Language of Letting Go, by Melodie Beatty 5. Ten Stupid Things Women Do To Mess Up Their Lives, by Dr. Laura Schlessinger 6. How Could You Do That?, by Dr. Laura Schlessinger @7. Men At Peace 8. Shame: The Power of Caring, by Gershin Kaufman 9. Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am 10. Man's Search For Meaning, by Victor Frankl BOOKS FOR DAILY MEDITIATION @ 1. Twenty Four Hours a Day @ 2. Each Day a New Begining: Meditations for Women @ 3. The Promise of a New Day @ 4. Days of Healing, Days of Joy: Daily Meditations for Adult Children @ 5. Night Light: A Book of Nighttime Meditations @ 6. Keep it Simple: Daily Meditations for 12 Step Beginings and Renewal @ 7. Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families @ 8. A Walk with the Serenity Paryer: Daily Devotions for People in Recovery @ 9. Letting God: Christian Meditations for Recovering Persons @10. Meditations for the 12 Steps--A Spiritual Journey HEALTH & RECOVERY 1. Alcoholism--The Biochemical Connection by Joan Mathews-Larson 2. How to Defeat Alcoholism, Nutritional Guidelines for Getting Sober, by Joseph D. Beaslely, MD 3. The Nutritional recovery Handbook, How to give Your Recovery New Vitality, by Jim Foster, M.S. 4. Breaking Your Addiction Habit, A Complete Sourcebook of Amino Acid and Nutrient Therapy for Successful Withdrawl & Recovery by B.J. Stahley, PH.D. & K. Birkner, Ph.D. @5. Fitonics, by Dr. Donald Burton Schnell & Marilyn Diamons This book teaches the techniques and philosophy of natural health. How to eat healthfully, and exercise safely...and most importantly, how to help yourself get well and stay that way. While nothing can replace the power of 12 steps and the grace of our Lord, sensible eating and exercising go a long way to keeping us focused. OTHER EXCELLENT BOOKS @ 1. My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers @ 2. The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck 3. Way of the Peacful Warrior @ 4. The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence @ 5. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis @ 6. Sermon on the Mount by Emmett Fox @ 7. Sidharta by Herman Hesse 8.Toxic Parents 9. Drama of the Gifted Child NOVELS 1. Hearts of Glass, by Nicole Jeffords 2. Dirt Bike, by Paul Kropp 3. The Much-adored Sandy Shore, by Angela Hunt, Tyndale House, 1992 4. The Invisible Enemy, Graywolf Press 1989 5. With Westie and the Tin Man, by Carole S. Adler NY, Macmillan 1985 6. Postcards from the Edge, by Carrie Fisher 7. The Cracker Factory, & Triplets, by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt 8. Go Ask Alice 9. The Lost Weekend 10. a series of mystery novels by James Lee Burke 11. a series of mysteries by Lawrence Block, the main character Matt Scudder 12. a series of mysteries by J.A.Jance, main character J. P. Beaumont 15. mysteries by John Greenleaf, character=Marshall Tanner 16. A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley. First of a trilogy (Pages From a Cold Island, Last Notes from Home) 17. Rummies by Benchley 18. Any Woman's Blues by Erica Jong YOUNG ADULT 1. Binge, by Charles Ferry 1992 2. You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone, by Stephen Roos, Delacorte 1988 3. We All Fall Down, by Robert Couvier BIOGRAPHY 1. Where Did Everybody Go? by Paul Malloy, Doubleday 1981 2. Take the Long Way Home, Memoirs of a Survivor, by Susan Gordon 3. Pass It On, The AA written biography of Bill W. 4. Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers 5. Operating Instructions by Annie Lamott 6. And So It Goes by Linda Ellerbee 7. The Thirsty Muse, Alcohol and the American Writer by Tom Dardis POETRY 1. Whiskey's Song, by Mitzi Chandler ISBN 0932194427 HUMOR 1. Safe-guarding Your Love Affair With The Bottle, Jerry Fite 2. Our Develish Alcoholic Personalities 3. Drunks Are Driving me to Drink, Don Herold 4. Booze Who, Joel Rothman JUVENILE FICTION 1. No Kidding, by Bruce Brooks 2. My Dad's Definitely Not a Drunk, by Elisa Lynn Carbone 3. No Place for Me, by Barthe DeClements 4. The Moonlight Man, by Paula Fox 5. Some Glad Morning, by Fave Gibbons 6. Shadow Man, by Cynthia D. Grant 7. Sometimes My Mom Drinks Too Much, by Kevin Kenny 8. I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much, by Judith Viona MOVIES & VIDEOS 1. The Big Book Video (available at: http://pacificnet.net/~bbvideo/) 2. A Woman Under the Influence 3. Man With The Golden Arm 4. The Days of Wine and Roses 5. Go Ask Alice 6. I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can 7. Lost Weekend 8. A Passionate, Sensitive Man 9. Clean & Sober (starring Michael Keaton) 10. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (alcoholic insanity at its finest) 11. On Thin Ice (Tai Babilonia's story) 12. My Name is Bill W. 13. Under the Volcano 14. Ed Wood 15. Shakes the Clown 16. When a Man Loves a Woman 17. A Hatful of Rain, based on the stage play by Michael V. Gazzo. 18. I'll Cry Tomorrow 19. Bill W Story (Hallmark production staring James Wood & James Garner) 20. Sarah: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic - staring Linda Blair [NOTE: Blockbuster Video gladly special orders any videos that they do not have in stock.] TV SHOWS 1. Cheers 2. John Larroquette show 3. Blossom 4. Sisters 5. Murphy Brown 6. Grace Under Fire SOURCES FOR TAPES Dicobe Tapes P. O. Box 200 Bellevue, NE 68005 1-800-999-3381 Encore Cassettes P.O. Box 231340 San Diego, CA 92194 1-800-878-1308 1-619-271-1858 Flying Dutchman Tapes P. O. Box 956731 Duluth, GA 30136-9513 (404) 476-3225. The Kelly Foundation 2500 Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 (501) 371-0960 T-MAR Tapes P.O. Box 14944 Portland, OR 97214 1-800-657-8218 Updates to this file and further information on recovery is available at: http://www.goshen.net/cir This data file is the sole property of S. O. Brennan. It may not be altered or edited in any way. It may be reproduced only in its entirety for circulation as "freeware," without charge. All reproductions of this data file must contain the copyright notice (i.e., "Copyright 1995 by S. O. Brennan) This data file may not be used without the permission of S. O. Brennan for resale or the enhancement of any other product sold. __________________________________________________________________ Copyright 1995 S. O. Brennan All Rights Reserved