Resources

Adult Children of Alcoholics
Al-Anon Family Groups
Alcoholic’s Anonymous
Nar-Anon Family Groups
Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.

Adult Children of Alcoholics

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Adult Children: Alcoholic/Dysfunctional Families. Torrance: Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, 2006.

From Survival to Recovery, Growing Up in an Alcoholic Home. Virginia Beach: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 1994.


Al-Anon Family Groups

Beattie, Melody. Beyond Codependency. San Francisco: Harper, 1989.

Ibid., Playing It By Heart. Center City: Hazelden, 1999.

Ibid. The Language of Letting Go. Center City: Hazelden, 1990.

Burnett, Carol. Carrie and Me: A Mother/Daughter Love Story. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2013.

Courage to Change

Courage to Change. New York: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 1992.

From Survival to Recovery, Growing Up in an Alcoholic Home. Virginia Beach: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 1994.

How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends of Alcoholics. Virginia Beach: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 2008.

In All Our Affairs, Making Crises Work for You. Virginia Beach: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 1990.

One Day at a Time in Al-Anon. Virginia Beach: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 1996.

Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses. Virginia Beach: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 2007.

Paths to Recovery. Virginia Beach: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 1997.

Pooler, Kathleen. Just the Way He Walked. Niskayuna: Sunnyview Press, 2019.

When I Got Busy, I Got Better. Virginia Beach: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 1994.


Alcoholic’s Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous. New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2001.

As Bill Sees It, The A.A. Way of Life. New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2008.

Came to Believe. New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2012.

Casey, Karen. Each Day A New Beginning. Center City: Hazelden, 1982.

Herzanek, Joe. Why Dob’t They Just Quit? What Families Need to Know About Addiction and Recovery. Berthoud: Changing Lives Foundation, 2007.

Living Sober. New York:: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc, 2017.

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2012.


Nar-Anon Family Groups

Bassoff, Evelyn, Ph.d. Cherishing Our Daughters. New York: Dutton-Penguin, 1998.

Cataldi, Libby. Stay Close. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2009.

Cavanagh, Maureen. If You Love Me: A Mother’s Journey Through Her Daughter’s Opioid Addiction. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2018

Collins, Judy. Sanity and Grace. New York: Tarcher-Penguin, 2006.

Guide for the Family of the Addict and Drug Abuser. Torrance: Nar-Anon Family Groups Headquarters, Inc., 1971.

Maté, Gabor. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2010.

Nar-Anon. Torrance: Nar-Anon Family Groups Headquarters, Inc., 1971.

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Sharing Experience, Strength and Hope. Torrance: Nar-Anon Family Groups Headquarters, Inc., 1971.

Sheff, David. Beautiful Boy. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.

Thirty-One Days in Nar-Anon. Torrance: Nar-Anon Family Groups Headquarters, Inc., 1971.


Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.

A New Beginning, Stories of Recovery from Relapse. Rio Rancho: World Service Office, 1998.

Overeaters Anonymous. Rio Rancho: World Service Office, 2001.

The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous. Rio Rancho: World Service Office, 2008.

Voices of Recovery, A Daily Reader. Rio Rancho: World Service Office, 2010.