Resources

Family Addiction Support Groups:

Al-Anon Family Groups (12-Step Based)

Families Anonymous (12-Step Based)

Adult Children of Alcoholics (12-Step Based)

Nar-Anon (12-Step Based)

SMART Recovery Family & Friends (CRAFT-Basd)

Addiction Recovery Support Groups:

Alcoholics Anonymous (12-Step Based)

Narcotics Anonymous (12-Step Based)

SMART Recovery (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Based)

Books:

Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change (Re: Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Address Addiction)

It Takes a Family (Re: Structured Family Recovery)

‘It Will Never Happen to Me!’ Children of Alcoholics: As Youngsters – Adolescents – Adults (Re: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Home)

Rehab Works! (Guide for Parents, Along with an Outline of the Process of Change Required for Recovery)

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Guide to Codependency & Recovery)

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (Explanation of Addiction as a Disease and Insights into Genetic and Environmental Factors)

Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth About Addiction Treatment – and How to Get Help That Works (Re: How the Unregulated Treatment Industry Works)

DVDs:

Pleasure Unwoven: An Explanation of the Brain Disease of Addiction (Documentary on the Medical Science on Addiction)

The Anonymous People (Documentary on the Addiction Recovery Movement)

*Please note: links to books and DVDs are affiliate links. I receive a small commission from Amazon if you use these links. You do not pay a higher price. These affiliate links just provide another small measure of support for the work I do with families. 

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