General Information
- Start Your Recovery offers useful information about alcoholism and drug addiction.
- Information about alcoholism and finding help for that disorder can be found at this link.
- 60 digital resources for addressing substance use disorders can be found at this link.
- Useful information about substance addiction and finding a treatment center is provided by Drug Rehab Connection.
- Information about video game addiction can be found at this GameGavel link.
- Information about how alcohol affects sleep can be found at Tuck.com.
- A good Blood Alcohol Content Calculator can be found at this link.
- Helpguide.org offers great information about compulsive gambling—what it is, how to recognize it, how it can be treated, and so on.
- Fiscal Tiger offers great information about compulsive gambling—what it is, how to recognize it, how it can be treated, and so on.
- Useful information and links on compulsive spending can be found at www.indiana.edu/~engs/hints/shop.html.
- Useful information on digital and online video game addiction can be found at www.video-game-addiction.org.
- A medical perspective on digital and online video game addiction can be found at www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/features/video-game-addiction-no-fun#1.
- Advice for kids and parents on stopping video game addiction can be found at http://www.stopinternetaddicti
on.com/video-game-addiction/. - Useful information about all types of eating disorders can be found on the National Eating Disorders Association website.
- Information about the interaction between eating disorders and substance abuse disorders can be found at http://www.rehabcenter.net/substance-abuse-and-eating-disorders/.
- Information about how smoking affects sleep can be found at Tuck.com.
- Information about non-drug therapies for sleep disorders can be found at Tuck.com.
- Information about smoking in young people can be found at this link.
- General information substance and mental health can be found on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s website.
- General information on substance abuse can be found through the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.
- General information on substance abuse can be found on the National Institute on Drug Abuse website.
- General information about senior citizens and substance abuse can be found at RehabNet.com.
- More general information about senior citizens and substance abuse can be found at DrugRehabus.org.
- Information about senior citizens and alcohol abuse can be found at Aging.com.
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- General mental health resources can be found via the Social Work License Map site at this link.
- Information about the link between loneliness and addiction can be found at this link.
- Information about reconnecting with estranged family members can be found at this link.
Books
- 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience by Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb
- A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam
- Alcoholics Anonymous (Anonymous)
- Bought Out and Spent! Recovery from Compulsive Shopping and Spending by Terrence Schulman
- Change Your Gambling, Change Your Life: Strategies for Managing Your Gambling and Improving Your Finances, Relationships, and Health by Dr. Howard Shaffer
- Coping With Trauma: Hope Through Understanding (2nd Edition) by Dr. Jon Allen
- Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap by Kevin Roberts
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Dr. Brené Brown
- Facing Addiction: Starting Recovery from Alcohol and Drugs by Dr. Patrick Carnes, Dr. Stephanie Carnes, and Dr. John Bailey
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
- A Gentle Path through the Twelve Steps: A Guide for All People in the Process of Recovery by Dr. Patrick Carnes
- The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Dr. Brené Brown
- Gripped by Gambling by Marilyn Lancelot
- Healing Your Hungry Heart: Recovering from Your Eating Disorder by Joanna Poppink
- Hooked on Games: The Lure and Cost of Video Game and Internet Addiction by Andrew Doan, Brooke Strickland, and Douglas Gentile
- I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Making the Journey from “What Will People Think?” to “I Am Enough” by Dr. Brené Brown
- Living Sober (Anonymous)
- A Man’s Way through the Twelve Steps by Dan Griffin
- The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God’s Best Version of You by John Ortberg
- Narcotics Anonymous (Anonymous)
- Overcoming Your Pathological Gambling: Workbook by Robert Ladouceur and Stella Lachance
- Spent: Break the Buying Obsession and Discover Your True Worth by Dr. Sally Palaian
- To Buy or Not to Buy: Why We Overshop, and How to Stop by Dr. April Benson
- Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach by Dr. Christine Courtois and Dr. Julian Ford
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (Anonymous)
- Twenty Four Hours a Day (Anonymous)
- A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps by Dr. Stephanie Covington
- Women & Shame: Reaching Out, Speaking Truths and Building Connection by Dr. Brené Brown
Twelve-Step Groups
- Alcoholics Anonymous, 212-870-3400
- Clutterers Anonymous
- Cocaine Anonymous, 800-347-8998
- Crystal Meth Anonymous, 855-638-4383
- Debtors Anonymous, 800-421-2383
- Eating Disorders Anonymous
- Emotional Health Anonymous
- Emotions Anonymous, 651-647-9712
- Food Addicts Anonymous
- Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
- Gamblers Anonymous, 213-386-8789
- Heroin Anonymous
- Marijuana Anonymous, 800-766-6779
- Narcotics Anonymous, 818-773-9999
- Nicotine Anonymous
- On-Line Gamers Anonymous (OLGA)
- Overeaters Anonymous
- Pills Anonymous
- Recoveries Anonymous (RA)
- Spenders Anonymous
- Survivors of Incest Anonymous, 410-282-3400
- Underearners Anonymous
- Workaholics Anonymous