Thank you all for the start list.....
Avisg - Unfortunately she can't have supplements in jail but I will have it on hand for when she gets out.
Catuf - The list is going with me to Barns & Nobel
Cathy - i have checked out the Joyce meyers site - THANKS!
Troubleinohio - Will check out the Ford book when I next go to the center with my 7 yr old grandaughter
Addixctedme & Mcray - Sad to say, my daughter has had the AA & NA books since she was 16. This year she will be 29. Says alot. She also said they were available in jail so, we know where she stands on that one. This has been a long haul, I am almost ready to give up having any hope she will help herself anytime during my life time although, the happiest day of my life would be to see her finally through the tunnel and back into broad daylight where she can thrive, be sober and not want to use again. For her sake and for her children.
Thank you all again for the tips. Keep doing what you're doing, helping yourselves and others along the way. It gives me some hope that the possibility for my daughter to be sober does exhist.
Yes,there pretty similar,the differance is really just words. I would suggest a daily meditation book (dont know if aa has them) but you"d be suprised how many days that the reading is just what you need that day,,gl
Is the NA basic text similar to the AA Big Book? I have the big book and if the NA text is the same basically, I won't bother picking it up. If it is different, I will pick it up because I find replacing "alcohol" with "opiates" mentally, a pain.
Healing & Hope by Betty Ford...it has several stories from different women journies through addiction and recovery..
hi, joyce meyers has an awesome book called how to succed at being me....it is great and you can get it online at joyce meyers ministries. hope you can get it, it is really good. she has several books that are good, good luck
cathy
there are lots of great books on Recovery out there. in early Recovery i found that it was very helpful to be constantly reading things that were narrowly focused on Recovery and relapse prevention.
a great book in this area is Staying Clean & Sober, by Miller & Miller. Also, Staying Sober, by Gorski & Miller (Be sure to read the Paws chapter from this book on-line - http://www.****.com/ar_pages/paw_part1.htm). Another is Reversing the Regression Spiral, by Miller & Miller. Don't discount the "Bibles" of 12 step recovery, AA's Big Book and NA's Basic Text.
some great books about the role of nutrition & supps in Recovery are: End Your Addiction Now, by Gant; Seven Weeks to Sobriety, by Larsen; and The Mood Cure, by Ross. i am convinced that paying close attention to this aspect has made a HUGE difference for me.
for me, and most folks i know in sustained Recovery, the process has been a journey of spiritual growth as much as anything else (not religious, spiritual). it has helped me immensely to foster that process with Recovery-related spiritual reading. you will find no shortage of this in any Recovery community. a great book to start with is The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning, by Kurtz. two that i see right here are: The Tao of Sobriety, by Gregson & Efran (it was OK); and Addiction & Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addiction, by May
these days, i tend to see Recovery stories and lessons everywhere and in everything
good luck
CATUF
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End Your Addiction Now: The Proven Nutritional Supplement Program That Can Set You Free
by Charles Gant............