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A Woman’s Way Through the 12 Steps
by Stephanie S. Covington, Ph.D

A Hole in the Sidewalk
by Claudia Black

It Will Never Happen to Me
by Claudia Black

Dr. Weisinger’s Anger Workout Book
by Dr. Hendrie Davis Weisinger

The Anger Control Workbook
by Matthew McKay, Ph.D and Peter Rogers, Ph.DA

A Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Workbook
by Matthew McKay, Ph.D, Jeffrey C. Wood, Psy.D, and Jeffrey Brantley, MD

The Grief Recovery Handbook 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition
by John W. James and Russell Friedman

Codependent No More
by Melody Beattie

Beyond Codependency and Getting Better All the Time
by Melody Beattie

Many Roads, One Journey
by Charlotte Davis Kasl, Ph.D

After the Tears
by Jane Middleton-Mox and Lorie L. Dwinell

Woman’s Addiction Workbook
by Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D

Women, Sex and Addiction
by Charlotte Davis Kasl, Ph.D

Suggested Reading for Families

Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery
by Robin Barnett

Addicted Like Me: A Mother-Daughter Story of Substance Abuse and Recovery
by Karen Franklin & Lauren King

Addiction-Proof Your Child: A Realistic Approach to Preventing Drug, Alcohol and Other Dependencies
by Stanton Peele, Ph.D

All About Drugs and Young People: Essential Information and Advice for Parents and Professionals
by Julian Cohen

Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey through His Son’s Addiction
by David Sheff

Chasing the High: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person’s Experience with Substance Abuse
by Kyle Keegan with Howard Moss and Beryl Lieff Benderly

Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap
by Kevin Roberts

Digital Kids: How to Balance Screen Time, and Why it Matters
by Martin L. Kutscher

Easy Does It, Mom: Parenting in Recovery
by Barbara Joy

Everything Changes: Help for Families of Newly Recovering Addicts
by Beverly Conyers

The Everything Parent’s Guide to Teenage Addiction
by Edward Lynam & Ellen Bowers

From Binge to Blackout: A Mother and Son Struggle with Teen Drinking
by Chris Volkmann & Toren Volkmann

Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids – and How to Break the Trance
by Nicholas Kardaras

Grandparenting the Children of Addicted Parents: Experience and Wisdom for Kinship Carers
edited by Janet Bujra with The Grandparents Group

Healthy for Life: Smoking, Drugs, and Alcohol
by Anna Claybourne

Helping Children Affected by Parental Substance Abuse: Activities and Photocopiable Worksheets
by Tonia Caselman

Hooked: When Addiction Hits Home
edited by Chloe Shantz-Hilkes

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
by Gabor Maté

It’s Not About You, Except When It Is: A Field Manual for Parents of Addicted Children
by Barbara Victoria

The Journey of the Heroic Parent: Your Child’s Struggle and the Road Home
by Brad Reedy

Loving Our Addicted Daughters Back to Life: A Guidebook for Parents
by Linda Dahl

Mommy Doesn’t Drink Here Anymore: Getting through the First Year of Sobriety
by Rachael Brownell

Moms to Moms: Parenting Wisdom from Moms in Recovery
by Barbara Joy

100 Questions & Answers about Your Child’s Substance Abuse
by Romulo Aromin

Parenting the Addicted Teen: A 5-Step Foundational Program
by Barbara Krovitz-Neren

A Sober Mom’s Guide to Recovery: Taking Care of Yourself to take Care of Your Kids
by Rosemary O’Connor

Treating Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders
by Oscar Bukstein

Treating Co-occurring Adolescent PTSD and Addiction: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Adolescents with Trauma and Substance-Abuse Disorders
by Lisa Fortuna, Zayda Vallejo, Florence Meleo-Meyer

Treating Women with Substance Use Disorders During Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Approach to Caring for Mother and Child
by Hendrée Jones & Karol Kaltenbach

The Turn Around Mom: How an Abuse and Addiction Survivor Stopped the Toxic Cycle for Her Family and How You Can, Too!
by Carey Sipp

Understanding Addiction and Recovery through a Child’s Eyes: Hope, Help and Healing for Families
by Jerry Moe