Family Resources
“Your children are much more than a label, a diagnosis or a problem to be solved, rather they get to be loved and guided toward a better life.” - Timothy Harrington, CIO of Sustainable Recovery
Why is Addiction Called “A Family Disease”?
Meditation For Parents: The 20-Minute Activity We All Should Try
Mindfulness: The Basics - Mindful Parenting
Anticipatory Grief and Family Recovery
Unraveling the Mystery of Personal and Family Recovery: An Interview with Stephanie Brown, PhD
The Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto
The Questions That Will Save Your Relationships
Families Anonymous
Meditation For Parents: The 20-Minute Activity We All Should Try
Mindfulness: The Basics - Mindful Parenting
Anticipatory Grief and Family Recovery
Unraveling the Mystery of Personal and Family Recovery: An Interview with Stephanie Brown, PhD
The Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto
The Questions That Will Save Your Relationships
Families Anonymous
Literature On Family Recovery
Web Resources for Families
www.al-anon.com / www.alateen.org – Known as Al-Anon Family Groups. An international “fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems.”www.nar-anon.org – For family and friends of someone with drug addiction
www.coda.org – A fellowship whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships.
www.recovering-couples.org – For couples in recovery
www.adultchildren.org – For adult children of alcoholics
www.familiesanonymous.org – For families of loved ones with the disease of addiction
www.celebraterecovery.com – Celebrate Recovery is a program designed to help those struggling with hurts, hang-ups and habits by showing them the loving power of Jesus Christ through the recovery process.
- The Language of Letting Go (Melody Beattie)
- Codependent No More (Melody Beattie)
- Beyond Codependency (Melody Beattie)
- Codependents’ Guide to the Twelve Steps (Melody Beattie)
- Straight Talk from Claudia Black: What Recovering Parents Should Tell Their Kids about Drugs and Alcohol (Claudia Black)
- Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children: Six Steps to Hope and Healing for Struggling Parents (Allison Bottke)
- The Alcoholic Family in Recovery: A Developmental Model (Stephanie Brown and Virginia Lewis)
- A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps (Patrick Carnes)
- Codependence and the Power of Detachment: How to Set Boundaries and Make Your Life Your Own (Karen Casey)
- Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life (Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend)
- Boundaries in Marriage (Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend)
- Addict in the Family (Beverly Conyers)
- Everything Changes: Help for Families of Newly Recovering Addicts (Beverly Conyers)
- Facing Shame: Families in Recovery (Merle A. Fossum and Marilyn J. Mason)
- Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics (Herbert L. Gravitz and Julie D. Bowden)
- Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love (Dr. Sue Johnson)
- The Dance of Intimacy (Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.)
- Chalk Talks on Alcohol (Father Joseph C. Martin)
- Addiction & Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions (Gerald G. May, M.D.)
- Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives (Pia Mellody)
- The Intimacy Factor: The Ground Rules for Overcoming the Obstacles to Truth, Respect, and Lasting Love (Pia Mellody)
- Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love (Pia Mellody, Andrea Wells Miller and J. Keith Miller)
- Breaking Free: A Recovery Workbook for Facing Codependence (Pia Mellody and Andrea Wells Miller)
- The Enabler: When Helping Hurts the One You Love (Angelyn Miller)
- Family Recovery: Growing Beyond Addiction (Merlene Miller and Terence T. Gorski)
- The Addictive Personality: Understanding the Addictive Process and Compulsive Behavior (Craig Nakken)
- Reclaim Your Family from Addiction: How Couples and Families Recover Love and Meaning (Craig Nakken)
- Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You (Charles Rubin)
- Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception (Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.)
Web Resources for Families
www.al-anon.com / www.alateen.org – Known as Al-Anon Family Groups. An international “fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems.”www.nar-anon.org – For family and friends of someone with drug addiction
www.coda.org – A fellowship whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships.
www.recovering-couples.org – For couples in recovery
www.adultchildren.org – For adult children of alcoholics
www.familiesanonymous.org – For families of loved ones with the disease of addiction
www.celebraterecovery.com – Celebrate Recovery is a program designed to help those struggling with hurts, hang-ups and habits by showing them the loving power of Jesus Christ through the recovery process.
Sustainable Recovery ™
Timothy Harrington
323-804-5555
Timothy Harrington
323-804-5555