Recommended Resources

Addiction and Recovery

Addiction is Addiction book by the HUM team

ASAM Definition of Addiction (Released September 2011)

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) main website

NIDA for Teens

The Science of Addiction (a NIDA publication)

HBO Series: Addiction

The Institute for Addiction Study

Addiction and recovery.org

Alcoholics Anonymous, The Big Book Online

CSAM – Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine

ASAM – American Society of Addiction Medicine

ISAM – International Society of Addiction Medicine

Canadian Network of Substance Abuse and Allied Professionals

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

12 Step Organizations including: Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Emotions Anonymous, Clutterers Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, and Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

International Drinking Guidelines 

Hazelden resources

Brene Brown’s TedX talks on shame and resiliency

The Anonymous People documentary (available on Netflix)

YouTube video by Dr. Ruth Potee explaining Addiction in the brain

The Genetics of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence by Dick and Agrawal

See below for additional reading resources for Addiction and Recovery

Codependency (or Addiction Involving Relationships)

Mental Health

Transcendental Meditation

Grief and Loss

Caring for an Aging Parent

  • Tips for caring for aging parents

Occupational Health

Youth Resources

  • A Teens Guide to Peer Pressure

Reading Resources


Addiction and Recovery


  • Addiction is Addiction: Understanding the disease in oneself and others for a better quality of life by Raju Hajela, Sue Manning, and Paige Abbott
  • The Selfish Brain by Robert DuPont
  • Addictive Thinking by Abraham J. Twerski
  • Author Christopher Kennedy Lawford’s books on Addiction and Recovery
  • Desire, when sex meets addiction by Susan Cheever
  • Facing Life by Nancy Brown
  • Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets by Claudia Black
  • Facing Codependence and Facing Love Addiction by Pia Mellody
  • Codependent No More, Codependents’ Guide to the 12 Steps, and The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
  • The Enabler: When Helping Hurts the Ones You Love by Angelyn Miller
  • Alcoholics Anonymous The Big Book
  • Narcotics Anonymous: It Works, How and Why text
  • Clean by David Sheff
  • Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff
  • Refuge Recovery by Noah Levine

Mental Health

  • The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
  • The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
  • Scattered Minds (ADHD) by Gabor Mate
  • Feeling Good and The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns
  • The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund Bourne
  • Please Understand Me II by David Keirsey (Personality typing based on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator)
  • The Introvert Advantage by Marti Olsen Laney
  • Quiet by Susan Cain
  • The Dance of Intimacy and The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
  • Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine by Candace Pert

Chronic Pain

  • A Day Without Pain by Mel Pohl
  • Pain Recovery for Families: How to Find Balance When Someone Else’s Chronic Pain Becomes Your Problem Too by Pohl, Szabo Jr., Shiode and Hunter
  • Pain Recovery: How to Find Balance and Reduce Suffering from Chronic Pain by Mel Pohl

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