Recovery Resources

Following are some great web site resources and a few of my favorite books.

Web Sites

Karen Wright's free "Waking Up" e-zine - Karen's words of wisdom have been very helpful to me in my recovery. I highly recommend that you sign up for her free bimonthly e-zine!
www.wrightminded.com/free_ezine.html

Alcoholics Anonymous
www.aa.org

LifeRing Secular Recovery
www.unhooked.com

Moderation Management
www.moderation.org

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
www.niaaa.nih.gov

National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence (NCADD)
www.ncadd.org

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov

Rational Recovery
www.rational.org

Recovery Resource Center
www.rrci.net/links.htm

Secular Organization for Sobriety (Save Ourselves)
www.cfiwest.org/sos/index.htm

SMART Recovery (Self-Management And Recovery Training)
www.smartrecovery.org

Women for Sobriety
www.womenforsobriety.org

16 Steps of Empowerment
www.charlottekasl.com/16steps.html

Books

	Goodbye Hangovers Hello Life By Jean Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. This is the best book for describing how the Women for Sobriety program works. It was written by the founder of The WFS organization and describes how she recovered from alcoholism and created a recovery program for women.
Beyond the Influence By Katherine Ketcham and William Asbury A great book for learning about the physiological causes of the disease of alcoholism. Easy to read with interesting stories woven in.
	Sober for Good By Anne M. Fletcher This book has been very popular in our WFS group's library. The author went to hundreds of people who resolved a drinking problem and asked them a simple question: how did you do it? Their answers will surprise you.
Many Roads, One Journey By Charlotte Davis Kasl, Ph.D. This is my favorite recovery book because it helped me to accept my disease of alcoholism and still feel good about myself. It gave me hope for a future of joyful sobriety.
	Seven Weeks to Sobriety By Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D. Uses a nutritional approach to relieving symptoms caused by common problems alcoholics experience. Some of these include nutritional deficits, food allergies, thyroid disorders, hypoglycemia, and candida-related complex.
How to Quit Drinking Without AA By Jerry Dorsman This well-used book is a very practical guide to recovery. It validated my feeling that AA was not the best choice for me and gave me the strength to start a Women for Sobriety group.

All of the above books can be purchased at the Women for Sobriety on-line bookstore at the following link, and your order helps to support this non-profit self-help organization!

http://www.wfscatalog.org/books.html