SixSeven

The 4 Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
&
Awareness by Anthony De Mello

Anna

Thanks, SixSeven, we have both of those on our list already. But, please let us know if you find something else you love.

kim5475

This Naked Mind - by Annie Grace
Can be a bit repetitive at times, but it does a good job at reframing how you look at alcohol.

BrendaChenowyth

12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger
and several spinoffs

Deleteda

Hi all, here are a few I've read that I don't think are on the list yet All are dealing with alcohol and or drug recovery and or eating disorders

Memoirs:
Girl Walks out of a Bar by Lisa E Smith
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
Out There A story of Ultra Recovery by David Clark
The girl behind the painted smile by Catherine Lockwood
Confronting the Bottle by Emma Bushen
Painkiller Addict by Cathryn Kemp
My reclaimed Life by Ed Wyrick
I forgot to Die by Khalil Rafati
Washed Away From Darkness to Light by Nikki Dubose
Smacked by Melinda Ferguson

Fiction :
Another Love By Amanda Prowse
The Empty Room by Lauren B. Davis

Peace X

Deleteda

Also Anna, thank you so much for this list it is invaluable !

Peace X

Teetotaler56

Great list and additional adds!

I'd like to add "A Piece of Cake" by Cupcake Brown.

I read this several years ago and couldn't put it down. Though it's sad, it's also inspiring and has some hilarious moments peppered in!

Anna

Sorry, I'm slow adding the new titles everybody. I'm going to get working on it within a day or two. Thanks again for all your great suggestions.

lessgravity

12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson is truly amazing.

venuscat

Thank you lessgravity and all of you...I will take a look. ♥

Anna

Lessgravity, I added your recommendation to our list.

daveglass1

Aurelies, Marcus Meditations
Bach, Richard Illusions
Biehn, Thomas and Beverly. Mindful Recovery
Bradshaw, John Healing the Shame that Binds You
Brown, Brene I thought It Was Just Me and The Gift of Imperfection
Byrne, Rhonda The Secret
Chapman, Gary The 5 Love Languages
Chopra, Deepak Spiritual Solutions and The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Chopra, Deepak Freedom from Addiction
Cole, Barbara Gifts of Sobriety
Culadasa The Mind Illuminated
Dali Lama An Open Heart
Das, Ram Be Here Now
DeMello, Anthony Awarenes
Ford, Debbie The Secret of the Shadow
Gawain, ****** Living in the Light
Glaser, Gabrielle Best Kept Secret
Griffin, Kevin Recovering Joy, A Mindful Life After Addiction
Grosso, Chris Indie Spiritualist
Hahn Thich Nhat Being Peace
Harris, Russ The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
Hay, Louise You Can Heal Your Life
Huber, Cheri The Key
Kabat-Zinn, Jon Full Catastrophe Living and Mindfulness Meditation
Katie, Byron Loving What Is
Kurtz and Ketcham Spirituality of Imperfection
Kurtz and Ketcham Experiencing Spirituality
Kurtz and Ketcham Experiencing Spirituality: Finding Meaning Through Storytelling
Liquorman, Wayne The Way of Powerlessness
Myss, Carolyn The Anatomy of the Spirit
Nicolaus, Martin Empowering Your Sober Self
Peters, Dr. Steve Chimp Paradox
Peterson, Jordan 12 Rules for Life
Ruiz, Don Miguel The Four Agreements
Russell, Peter From Science to God
Singer, Michael Untethered Soul
Tippett, Krista Einstein's God
Tolle, Eckhart A New Earth and The Power of Now
Wholey, Dennis Courage to Change
Williamson, Marianne A Course in Miracles and Return to Love
Yoshi, Nomuri Desert Wisdom
Zukav, Gary The Seat of the Soul
Steps to Life: A Spiritual Journey with Christian Mysticism and the Twelve Steps



Anxiety/Panic Attacks/Depression

Amen, Daniel Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
Anderson, Neil Victory Over the Darkness & Bondage Breaker
Bassett, Lucinda From Panic to Power
Burns, David MD When Panic Attacks
Chodron, Pema When Things Fall Apart
Chodron, Pema The Places That Scare You
Doidge, Norman MD The Brain That Changes Itself
Dyer, Wayne The Power of Intention and Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
Jeffers, Susan Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
Kabat-Zinn, Jon Mindful Way Through Depression
Lesser, Elizabeth Broken Open
Melemis, Steven I want to change my life- how to overcome anxiety, depression
Millman, Don The Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Orsilla, Ken Mindful way Through Anxiety

Codependency

Anderson, Susan The Journey from Abandonment to Healing
Ballard, Zari When Love Is a Lie: Narcissistic Partners & the Pathological Relationship Agenda
Bancroft, Lundy Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Beattie, Melody Codependent No More, The Language of Letting Go, Journey To The Heart Make Miracles in Forty Days
Behary, Wendy T. Disarming the Narcissist
Birch, Adelyn 30 Covert Emotional Manipulation Tactics: How Manipulators Take Control In Personal Relationships
Carter, Steven Help I'm in Love with a Narcissist
Elliot, Susan J. Getting Past Your Breakup
Fisher, Ken Breaking The Chains Of A Psycopath And A Sociopath: Learning How to Live Again
Forward, Dr. Susan Toxic Parents
Hunter, Joanna But He'll Change: End the Thinking That Keeps You in an Abusive Relationship
Lancer ,Diane Conquering Codependency and Shame
Lerner, Harriet The Dance Of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
Mason, Paul Stop Walking on Eggshells
McBride, Dr. Karyl Will I Ever
Norwood, Robin Women Who Love Too Much
Rohr, Richard Breathing Under Water
Simon, George K. In Sheep Clothing
Strudwick, Sarah Dark Souls - Healing and Recovering from Toxic Relationships


For Kids

Jones, Penny The Brown Bottle
Hastings, Hill An Elephant in the Living Room - The Children's Book


Recovery

Anonymous Living Sober
Berger, Allen Booze and Drugs are Gone
Bear, Edward The Dark Night of Recovery
Biehn, Thomas & Beverly Mindful Recovery.
Brownell, Rachael Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore: Getting Through the First Year of Sobriety
Canfield, Jack, The Thirty Day Solution
Carr, Allan The Easy Way to Quit Drinking
Davis, Fred Beyond Recovery
Desena, James Overcoming Your Alcohol, Drug, and Recovery
Dupuy, John Integral Recovery
Fletcher, Anne Sober for good
Gorski, Terence Understanding the Twelve Steps: An Interpretation and Guide for Recovering People
Grace, Annie The Naked Mind
Griffin, Kevin One Breath at a Time - Buddhism and the 12 Steps
Hemingway, Liz Stop Drinking, Start Living and I Need to Stop Drinking
Jacobs-Stewart, Therese Mindfulness and the 12 Steps
Johnston, Ann Dowsett Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women And Alcohol
Ketcham, Katherine Eating Right to Live Sober
Lucy, William Alexander Cool Water - Alcoholism, Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery
Milam, James Robert Under the Influence
Mate, Gabor In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Pelze MD, Lawrence The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery
Pond, Michael[B] Wasted[/B
Porter, William - Alcohol Explained
Rocca, Martin Nicolaus Recovery by Choice
Rohr, Richard Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
Sheff, David Clean - Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy
Spiegelman, Erica Rewired
Turner, Sara The Sober Revolution
Tuschel, Mark A. Living Sober Sucks, But Living Drunk Sucks More
Tuschel, Mark Okay, I Quit, Now What
W. Georgia Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down: 50 Things Every Alcoholic and Addict in Early Recovery Should Know
Williams PhD, Rebecca The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction
Not God: A History of AA
Z. Philip The Skeptics Guide to the 12 Steps
Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul
Creative Recovery: A Complete Addiction Treatment Program
Drinking Diaries: Women Serve Their Stories Straight Up
How to Quit Drinking Without AA
Passages Through Recovery: An Action Plan for Preventing Relapse
Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery: Twenty True Stories from the Soul
Turning Point, Miracles in Recovery
Twelve Stupid things to Mess Up Recovery

Well Being

Ash, Mel Zen of Recovery
Brach, Tara Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
Dao, Deng Ming Wandering Taoist
Greene, Robert 48 Laws of Power
Hanson, Rick Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment
Hoff, Benjamin The Tao of Pooh
Isett, Robert Think Right,Feel Right
Kelley, Tom & David Creative Confidence
Maisel, Eric & Susan Raeburn Creativity
Manganiello, Dr. Jim Unshakable Certainty
Mate, Gabor When the Body Says No
Mcgonical, Kelly The willpower instinct
Milne, A.A. The House on Pooh Corner
Prabhavananda, Swami Sermon on the Mount
Rumi The Emperor Strikes Back
Schofield, Russel Paul Initiation to Lightwork,
Smullyan, Raymond Tao is Silent
The Last Addiction: Own Your Desire, Live Beyond Recovery

Eating Disorders

Collins, Judy Cravings
Fonda, Jane My Life So Far
Gold, Tracy Room To Grow
Johnston, Kristen Guts
Knapp, Caroline Appetites: Why Women Want
Wilson, Carnie Gut Feeling



BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

Ann-Margaret My Story
Arboro, Grant Cracking Up
Bach, Richard Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Barry, Nicola Mother's Ruin
Baxter, Meredith Untied
Berelman, Sara My Last Rock Bottom
Bertinelli, Valerie Losing It
Bowen, James A Street Cat Named Bob
Burroughs, Augusten Dry
Bydlowska.Jowita Drunk Mom
Carlisle, Belinda Lips Unsealed
Carr, David The Night of the Gun
Carter, Lynda Second Act
Carver, Raymond What we talk about When we talk about Love
Claylan, Peter No Desire to Drink
Clegg, Bill Portrait of An Addict as A Young Man
Dann, Lotta Mrs. D Is Going Without
Doyle, Glennon Melton The Love Warrior
Fisher, Carrie Wishful Drinking
Fonda, Jane My Life So Far
Ford, Betty A Glad Awakening
Fox, Michael J. Lucky Man
Galaxy, Jackson Cat Daddy
Galton, Bella Ice and a Slice
Glyde, Tanya Cleaning Up
Goik, Tiffany Yellow Tale
Gold, Tracy Room To Grow
Haroutunian MD, Harry Being Sober
Hassan, Jude Suburban Junky
Hepola, Sarah Blackout
Hersh, Sharon Freedom
Johnston, Kristen Guts
Kelly, Jill Sober Truths
Kiedis, Anthony Scar Tissue
King, Heather Parched
Knapp, Caroline Drinking: A Love Story and
Appetites: Why Women Want
Kopp, Heather Sober Mercies: How Love Caught up with a Christian Drunk
Kucera, Dina Everything I never Wanted to be
Leary, Ann The Good House
Levy, Ariel The Rules Don't Apply
McGraw, Ali Moving Pictures
McCully, Chris Good-bye Mr. Wonderful
Melton, Glennon Doyle Love Warrior
Millman, Dan Journey of Socrates
Miller, Kimberley Mae Coming Clean
Mitchell, Jane Velez I Want
Moyers, William Cope Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption
Phillips, MacKenzie High on Arrival
R. Eleanor Disease of More
S. John The Little House on Genessee
Shapiro, Susan Lighting Up
Sheff, David Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Sinister, Bucky Recovery
Strayed, Cheryl Wild
Tirabassi, Becky Life of the Party
Tracy, Brian Eat that Frog
Tyler Moore, Mary After All
Vargas, Elizabeth Between Breaths
W. Lois Lois Remembers:.
Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle
Wilhelmson, Brenda Diary of an Alcoholic Housewife
Wilson, Carnie Gut Feeling
Wurtzel, Elizabeth More, Now, Again and Prozac Nation
Young, W. Paul The Shack
Happy Hours: Alcohol in a Woman's Life
Second Chances: Top Executives Share Their Stories of Addiction & Recovery
Still Standing: Addicts Talk About Living Sober and Get Up: A 12 step guide to
Buddhism and 12 steps meditation ideology






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daveglass1

I tried to edit the list sorry - instead of replying here. This book tells you how it is. There's no diaries or self pity - even worse should there been a hint of the author still craving. Nope - this is a book for those who want the facts. Straight up - no nonsense - no advertising for other businesses or products. Please read if youve time.

Anna

Thanks, Dave!

I added the book to the main list. We always like to get new titles.

Pharma

Goodness, thanks, Anna!!

There is a breathtaking amount of suggestions here and I love to read. Thank you so much for putting this up.

NotMyself2day

Hi Anna,

Thanks for building this list. Here is a new MEMOIR in-case you are out of books to read ;-) It's about mental illness and addiction:

Mostly Manic - Benjamin Dover

"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" - Oscar Wilde

Tetrax

Hey would this be the place to ask for recommendations of decent novels where one or more characters are in recovery? I see mostly non-fiction on the list.

Anna

Sorry I missed this Tetrax.

The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Blink by K.L. Slater

I will try to think of more.

fini

Roddy Doyle's Paula Spencer

Anna

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey