My Recommended Reading List

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Addictions – General Readings

• Changing for Good – James O. Prochaska
• Recovery Options – Joseph Volpicelli, Maia Szalavitz
• Step Zero – Arnold M. Washton, Nannette Stone-Washton
• Addiction or Self Medication? The Truth – Louis F. Markert PhD, Manijeh Nikakhtar MD
• When AA Doesn’t Work For You – Ellis
• The Habit Change Workbook – James Claiborn Ph.D., Cherry Pedrick R.N.
• Coming Clean : Overcoming Addiction Without Treatment – Robert Granfield, William Cloud
• The Heart of Addiction – Lance M. Dodes
• Sex, Drugs, Gambling, & Chocolate : A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions – A. Thomas
  Horvath
• Kill the Craving – Joseph, Ph.D. Santoro, Alfred Bergman, Robert Deletis
• Solutions Step by Step – Berg
• Overcoming Your Alcohol, Drug and Recovery Habits – James DeSena, Jeffrey A. Schaler, Joseph
  Gerstein

Alcohol

• Sober for Good – Fletcher
• The SMALL Book – Trimpy
• Rational Recovery – Trimpy
• The Miracle Method – Berg
• How to Quit drinking Without AA – Dorsman
• Alcohol: How To Give It Up And Be Glad You Did – Tate
• When AA Doesn’t Work For You – Ellis

Alcohol Moderation/Control/Reduction

• 7 Weeks to Safe Social Drinking
• Responsible Drinking- Rotgers, Kern, Hoeltzel
• Alternatives to Abstinence
• The Art of Moderation
• Moderate Drinking – Kishline

Tobacco

• Quit & Stay Quit

Spending

• Think and Grow Rich – Hill

Controversies in Addiction

• The Truth About Addiction and Recovery – Peele
• Heavy Drinking
• Addiction As A Choice – Shaffer

Behavior

• Think and Grow Rich – Hill
• Changing for Good
• The Habit Change Workbook

Procrastination

• Step Zero
• Overcoming Doubt, Fear and Procrastination
• The Procrastination Workbook – William Knass

Shyness and Social Withdrawal

• Assertiveness Skills
• How to Start a Conversation & Make Friends – Gabor
• People Skills

Relapse

• Kicking Addictive Habits Once and for All

Feelings/Moods

• Managing Your Mind and Mood Through Food
• Move Your Body, Tone Your Mood
• Food and Mood

Anger

• Letting Go of Anger

Anxiety

• The Feeling Good Handbook
• Overcoming Anxiety

Depression

• The Feeling Good Handbook – Burns

Fear

• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway

Mood Swings

• The Feeling Good Handbook – Burns

Happiness

• The Feeling Good Handbook – Burns
• Authentic Happiness

Pain

• Transforming Your Chronic Pain

PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

• Overcoming PTSD

Thoughts

• A Guide to Rational Living – Ellis
• Learned Optimism
• Three Minute Therapy: Change your thinking and change your life

Death

• The Denial of Death – Becker

Meaninglessness

• Man’s Search For Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl

Perfectionism

• When Perfect Isn’t Good Enough

Worries

• Learned Optimism
• How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything–Yes, Anything

Helping a friend or loved one

• How to Talk to the People You Love – Gabor

Life Management Skills

• Checklists for Life
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Money Management

• Think and Grow Rich – Hill

Getting Organized

• Organizing From The Inside Out

Relationship building

• Better Boundaries
• How to Win Friends and Influence People
• How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends
• People Skills

Psychology of Addictions

• Love and Addiction – Peele
• The Meaning of Addiction – Peele

Self-Esteem/Self-Worth/Self-Confidence

• How to Raise Your Self-Esteem
• How to Win Friend and Influence People
• The Psychology of Self-Esteem – Brandon

Sociology of Addictions

• Diseasing of America – Peele
• Resisting 12-Step Coercion: How to Fight Forced Participation in AA, NA, or 12-Step Treatment
  - Peele