Recommended Reading on Interventions & General Addictions:

We at Southworth Associates recommend that anyone considering an intervention, even if not through our office, read the first two books:

“Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction”
Jeff and Debra Jay
www.lovefirst.net

“No More Letting Go: The Spirituality of Taking Action Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction”
Debra Jay

Additional Recommended Addiction Help Materials:

“At Wit's End: What You Need to Know When a Loved one is Diagnosed With Addiction and Mental Illness”
Jeff Jay and Jerry AQ. Boriskin, Ph.D

“Bradshaw on: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem”
John Bradshaw

“The Language of Letting Go”
Melody Beattie

“The Family Recovery Guide: A Map for Healthy Growth”
Stephanie Brown

“Quiet Mind”
White Eagle

“I’ll Quit Tomorrow”
Vernon Johnson

“The Recovery Book”
Al J. Mooney, M.D.
Arlene Eisenberg
Howard Eisenberg

Recommended Reading on Adolescents:

“Choices and Consequences: What to do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs”
Dick Schaefer

Recommended Reading on Chronic Pain Management:

“A Day Without Pain”
Mel Pohl, M.D.

Southworth Associates also recommends Al-Anon attendance and the following book:

“Courage to Change”
(Acquire at an Al-Anon meeting)

For meeting information for your area call (800) 4AL-ANON or visit their website at www.al-anon.org

 

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