Books To Help Us All !!!!! - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

ebv · 06-07-2007, 02:43 PM

Thought I'd start a thread so everyone can post books they've read and tell alittle bit about them if they want to.
so HAPPY READING!!!!!!!!! I'll start with:

In the Arms of God. By. Dr. James Dobson

Codependent No More. Melody Beattie

Women Who Love to Much. Robin Norwood ( really good)

livefree · 06-07-2007, 07:29 PM

Awesome thread idea!!! Thank you for starting this, I've been wanting to get people's opinions on what books they've found helpful. Here are some great books I've read. They are mostly ED related because I've only recently come to terms with my alcoholism whereas I've been anorexic/bulimic for about half of my life.

THE BIG BOOK
THE BIBLE

The Golden Cage
Hilde Brusche M.D.
One of the very first books ever written about anorexia. This book expressed so many of the thoughts and emotions I've been unable to articulate over the years. Undoubtedly the best ED book I've ever read.

Life without Ed
This is a great book that details a woman's experience in "divorcing" her eating disorder, viewing it as an abusive partner.

Traveling Mercies
Anne LaMott
This is a memoir of the author's struggle to find herself and her faith and pull herself out of the cycle of self-destruction. She has recovered from both alcoholism and bulimia; this book focuses more on the alcoholism. More importantly, it is primarily about the spiritual bankruptcy so many of us have experienced.

ontrackagain · 06-08-2007, 11:19 AM

Sober for Good
Under the Influence
7 Habits for Highly Effective People
Ultimate Power
Dune - (very prophetic)
Malcolm X - The autobio by Haley

Rowan · 06-08-2007, 11:26 AM

The Alchemist and Veronika Decides to Die both by Paulo Coelho are excellent.

I love threads about books! Thanks for starting this one!!

Rowan · 06-08-2007, 11:27 AM

OH! Drinking: A love Story by Caroline Knapp (or Knupp - can't remember)
is a fantastic memoir about alcoholism in women

cali · 06-08-2007, 11:29 AM

*A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

livefree · 06-09-2007, 06:22 AM

Rowan, The Alchemist is my favorite book!! I just listed it in another thread=)

ebv · 07-18-2007, 08:43 AM

Doesn't anyone out there read anymore ?

Emimily · 07-18-2007, 08:58 AM

The Places That Scare You and When Things Fall Apart, both by Pema Chodron.
Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Way that Water Enters Stone by John Dufresne
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
On the Rez by Ian Frazier
The Fish's Eye by Ian Frazier
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Tortilla Flat, Sweet Thursday, and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

also, anything by Roald Dahl, Kurt Vonnegut, J.K. Rowling, Annie Dillard, and Anne Lamott's non-fiction. also, anything really by Ian Frazier, Daivd Sedaris, J.D. Salinger, or John Steinbeck is pretty good, those were just specific titles I really enjoyed.

leeside · 07-18-2007, 07:23 PM

Lost Bird of Wounded Knee by Renee Flood - How a baby girl survived the massacre at Wounded Knee.

The Tracker by Tom Brown - How Tom Brown learned tracking from an Indian in the Pine Barrons of Pennsylvania.

jacknscoob · 01-01-2011, 10:59 PM

My Friend Leonard by James Frey. x

06-07-2007, 02:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
ebv Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 54	Books To Help Us All !!!!! Thought I'd start a thread so everyone can post books they've read and tell alittle bit about them if they want to. so HAPPY READING!!!!!!!!! I'll start with: In the Arms of God. By. Dr. James Dobson Codependent No More. Melody Beattie Women Who Love to Much. Robin Norwood ( really good)

06-08-2007, 11:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
cali came-came to-came to believe Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: east coast Posts: 1,116	A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle __________________ I've let go of what I was,* I accept myself for who I am today- I continue to become who I am meant to be!

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Emimily Silly Rabbit 2D Memory Champion! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 957 Blog Entries: 6	The Places That Scare You and When Things Fall Apart, both by Pema Chodron. Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Siddhartha by Herman Hesse The Way that Water Enters Stone by John Dufresne Plainsong by Kent Haruf On the Rez by Ian Frazier The Fish's Eye by Ian Frazier Chocolat by Joanne Harris The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Tortilla Flat, Sweet Thursday, and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera also, anything by Roald Dahl, Kurt Vonnegut, J.K. Rowling, Annie Dillard, and Anne Lamott's non-fiction. also, anything really by Ian Frazier, Daivd Sedaris, J.D. Salinger, or John Steinbeck is pretty good, those were just specific titles I really enjoyed. __________________ "To take for permanent That which is only transitory Is like the delusion of a madman." -Kalu Rinpoche

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06-07-2007, 07:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
livefree Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 294	Awesome thread idea!!! Thank you for starting this, I've been wanting to get people's opinions on what books they've found helpful. Here are some great books I've read. They are mostly ED related because I've only recently come to terms with my alcoholism whereas I've been anorexic/bulimic for about half of my life. THE BIG BOOK THE BIBLE The Golden Cage Hilde Brusche M.D. One of the very first books ever written about anorexia. This book expressed so many of the thoughts and emotions I've been unable to articulate over the years. Undoubtedly the best ED book I've ever read. Life without Ed This is a great book that details a woman's experience in "divorcing" her eating disorder, viewing it as an abusive partner. Traveling Mercies Anne LaMott This is a memoir of the author's struggle to find herself and her faith and pull herself out of the cycle of self-destruction. She has recovered from both alcoholism and bulimia; this book focuses more on the alcoholism. More importantly, it is primarily about the spiritual bankruptcy so many of us have experienced.

06-08-2007, 11:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
ontrackagain Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: GA Posts: 53	Sober for Good Under the Influence 7 Habits for Highly Effective People Ultimate Power Dune - (very prophetic) Malcolm X - The autobio by Haley

06-08-2007, 11:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
Rowan Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 12,138	The Alchemist and Veronika Decides to Die both by Paulo Coelho are excellent. I love threads about books! Thanks for starting this one!!

06-08-2007, 11:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
Rowan Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 12,138	OH! Drinking: A love Story by Caroline Knapp (or Knupp - can't remember) is a fantastic memoir about alcoholism in women

06-09-2007, 06:22 AM	#7 (permalink)
livefree Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 294	Rowan, The Alchemist is my favorite book!! I just listed it in another thread=)

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ebv Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 54	Doesn't anyone out there read anymore ?

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jacknscoob Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 127	My Friend Leonard by James Frey. x

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