Is addiction a problem—or a solution? Can addiction be prevented? How can you motivate an addict to enter treatment? Why do good kids from the upper socioeconomic strata of society become addicts? Who is really in charge of my life, me or my emotions? What is codependency and how does it affect the addict in my life? Do we have to blame ourselves for our loved one’s addiction? To navigate life’s journey, all you need is a map and a compass. What ...

Al‑Anon’s basic book discusses our mutual-help program of recovery, including personal stories. A beginning approach to the Twelve Concepts of Service is included.

You "run" on 10% of your mind.Imagine what you could dowith the other 90%.TOTAL MIND POWERis a foolproof, effortless, step-by-step procedure for using the "idling" 90% of your mind to solve specific practical problems...Learn Quickly.Remember Names.Stop Smoking.Enjoy Sex.Lose Weight.Retard Aging.Improve Health. Increase Memory Control.Developed from the latest scientific research, TOTAL MIND POWER is not a theory, not a meditative program or sel...

A perfect gift for anyone at any stage of recovery; great for recovery anniversaries.Special hardcover gift edition is also available.Original prayers on modern life challenges and situations, as well as new takes on classic devotions.Perfect for those whose spiritual practice feels stale or unproductive; this book will bring fresh life to ongoing spiritual practice.

There's a better way to work the Twelve Steps.Drugs, food, money, sex, relationships, work . . . Any addiction darkens and potentially threatens our lives. In Addiction Is the Symptom, Dr. Rosemary Ellsworth Brown offers a deeper approach to the Twelve Steps that prevents relapse by digging beyond our addictions--our symptoms--to heal the real problem: emotional dependency. It worked for Dr. Brown herself, and it's been working for her clients and sponsees...

In codependence, the emphasis is on everyone and everything but ourselves....In recovery, we learn how to say no, to set boundaries in relationships, and then perhaps walk awayif necessarysometimes for a long time, perhaps forever.  It's not without effort....Even if a relationship is worth saving, your active codependence can destroy it.  It will not help it or you and will certainly not convince the other  person in your life to stop drinking or using or gambling or eating compulsively or r...

As AA Historian Ernie Kurtz put it, “Storytelling is the essential dynamic of AA.” Do Tell! contains thirty stories – an equal number by women and men – by atheists and agnostics who tell us “what it was like, what happened and what it’s like now” as they made their way to a life of long-term sobriety within the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. It is in sharing our “experience, strength and hope” in recovery that we are able to help others within our Fellowship. There are today far too few s...

This story is based on the author's birth family in the throes of the father's alcoholism.  Thirty years after her brother's suicide which triggered other family tragedies, she honored his memory by writing this for him. Alcoholism is a common family disease that affects each member a little differently yet predictably because it is so common, affecting millions all over the world. Birth order plays a significant part. The good news is that there are AA and Al-Anon and many ot...