Topic: book review
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
Instead of sleazy criminals and foreign warlords, the misuse was initially at the hands of trained physicians, with the confidence of medical authorities.
Topics: book review, epidemiology, heroin, opioids
Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption
The author’s biggest issue is “himself.” He fought a constant battle for perfection, to show that he was as good as anyone else.
Topics: book review, recovery memoir
Pathways: From the Culture of Addiction to the Culture of Recovery
An excellent and comprehensive guide even for very experienced professionals, it also had great value for me in my own experience of recovery.
Topics: book review, counseling skills
Each Day a New Beginning
It was a birthday gift in 1985. I have read it every day since. That means I’ve read each meditation somewhere between 27 and 28 times.
Topics: book review, maintaining sobriety, mindfulness, spirituality, tools for recovery
Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction
One aspect of Lawford’s book that makes it unique and a must read is its careful and powerful weaving of the author’s personal recovery experience with the most up-to-date scientific evidence
Topics: addiction, addiction and the brain, book review, co-occurring disorders, eating disorders, gambling, self diagnosis
The Sermon on the Mount
by Richard Curtis (@ezduzit777) The text of Alcoholics Anonymous is directive in nature when it tells me to check to see what my community has (continued…)
Topics: book review, maintaining sobriety, Recovery Tools, spirituality, tools for recovery