Reading Resources
Intervention
“Family Motivation To Change: A major factor in engaging alcoholics in treatment” by Garrett, J. & Landau, J. in Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly (2007)
“Heart to Heart: The Honorable Approach to Motivational Intervention” by Ed Storti
“It’s Not Okay to Be a Cannibal: How to Keep Addiction from Eating Your Family Alive” by Robert Poznanovich and Andrew T. Wainwright (Hazelden, 2007)
“Love First: A Family’s Guide to Intervention, 2nd Edition” by Jeff Jay and Debra Jay (Hazelden, 2008)
“No More Letting Go: The Spirituality of Taking Action Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction” by Debra Jay (Bantam, 2006)
Co-Dependency & Family Relationships
“Broken Toys, Broken Dreams” by Terry Kellogg
“Courage to Change: One Day at a Time in Al-Anon” (Al-Anon Family Groups, 1992)
“Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself” by Melody Beattie
“Perfect Daughters (Revised Edition): Adult Daughters of Alcoholics” by Robert Ackerman
“Silent Sons: A Book for and About Men” by Robert Ackerman
Related Topics
“Adult Children of Alcoholics and Other Dysfunctional Families” (Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, 2006)
“At Wit’s End: What You Need to Know When a Loved One is Diagnosed with Addiction and Mental Illness”, Jeff Jay and Jerry Boriskin, Ph.D. (Hazelden, 2007)
“Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening” by Robert J. Meyers, Ph.D., Brenda L. Wolfe, Ph.D. (Hazelden, 2004)
“It Will Never Happen to Me: Growing Up With Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, Adults 2nd Edition” by Claudia Black, Ph.D. (Hazelden, 2002)
Shari’s Favorite Reading Resources
“Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself” by Melody Beattie
“Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Hardcover” by Brene Brown PhD, LMSW
“The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are” by Brene Brown
“Perfect Daughters (Revised Edition): Adult Daughters of Alcoholics” by Robert Ackerman
“The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle
For more reading resources regarding Co-dependency, Eating Disorders, Parenting, Sexual Abuse, and Trauma: download the reading resources document below.