Recommended Reading from the Parent Addiction Network

BOOKS AND ARTICLES.

 

 

Addict In The Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery
by Beverly Conyers

 

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
by David Sheff

 

Boundaries
by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr.John Towsend ( mostly for you as a parent, dealing with addiction, learning to say no, enabling, etc.)

 

Broken
by William Cope Moyers

 

Buddha's Brain
by Ted Hanson

 

CLEAN
by David Sheff

 

Getting Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to nagging, threatening and pleading
by Robert Meyers and Brenda Wolfe

 

The Heroin Diaries
by Nikki Sixx

 

HOOKED
by Lonny Shavelson

 

I Am Your Disease: The Many Faces of Addiction
by Sheryl McGinnis

 

In the Realm of the Hungry Ghost
by Gabor Mate

 

Inside Rehab
by Anne Fletcher

 

Parents Under Siege: Why You Are The Solution, Not The Problem, In Your Child's Life
by James Garbarino, Ph.D. and Claire Bedard

 

Teens Under The Influence: The Truth About Kids, Alcohol, and Other Drugs-How to Recognize the Problem and What to Do About it

by Katherine Ketcham and Nicholas A. Pace, M.D.

 

The Chemical Carousel
by Dirk Hanson

 

The Compass of Pleasure
by David Linden

 

The Language of Letting Go
(plus other books by same author) by Melodie Beattie; Hazelden Meditation Series; Hazelden. Daily readings available online.

 

The Science of Addiction
Carlton Erickson

 

Tweak [Growing up on Methamphetamines]
by Nic Sheff

 

Waking Up Happy
by Jill Muehrcke (available at www.wakinguphappybook.com)