A Man's Way Through the Twelve Steps, by Dan Griffin
In A Man's Way through the Twelve Steps, author Dan Griffin uses interviews with men in various stages of recovery, excerpts from relevant Twelve Step literature, and his own experience to offer the first holistic approach to sobriety for men. Readers work through each of the Twelve Steps, learn to capitulate negative masculine scripts that have shaped who they are and how they approach recovery, and strengthen the positive and affirming aspects of manhood.

A Woman's Way Through the Twelve Steps, by Stephanie S. Covington
Created to make the Twelve Step program more accessible to women and the way they experience addiction, this book illuminates each step to reveal the underlying meaning from a woman's viewpoint. In the second part, the author discusses major themes in the lives of recovering women, including spirituality, powerlessness, and the emergence of the feminine soul.

Beautiful Boy, by David Sheffe
A father's take on his son and all he does as a parent. Should be read in tandem or concurrently with Tweak as together they provide necessary dual views on addiction experienced by parent and child.

Black Family Lies, by Tigria Carter
A true story that focuses on not just the author's drug use but the cause of her usage of drugs. It goes further to talk about her family's physically, sexually, and chemically abusive lifestyle. It clearly depicts how a dysfunctional family and abuse can affect the children...even into adulthood.

Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America, by Jennifer Storm
A powerful memoir of the author's journey to addiction recovery, written to give back and give hope to those who are seeking recovery or who are still sick and suffering.

The Chris Farley Show - A Biography in Three Acts, by Tom Farley and Tanner Colby
As a very open and honest telling of Chris Farley's life, and his struggles with addiction this book seeks to help eliminate the continuing stigma this disease carries. It also showcases that when Chris Farley was in recovery (for much of his Saturday Night Live days), he was at his very best - as a comedian, actor and person.

Discovering Choices, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
Family members of people in recovery from someone else's drinking share how application of Al-Anon's Twelve Steps helped them to greatly improve their relationships and to become involved in their community. Through the principles of our program, they learn to start where they are now and build a new and solid foundation in their treatment and recovery, taking risks in order to change their lives and their relationships, and choosing the happiness that recovery brings.

Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting!, by Robert Boich
Boich's first book that chronicles his road to sobriety and the steps he took to reclaim control of his life before he lost everything he worked so hard to achieve. It is an inspirational book for anyone. Whether it's a guilty pleasure, a bad decision or an addiction, people have room for improvement in their lives. Boich's lessons can be applied to everyday life.

Golden Nuggets for Recovering Women, by Aubrey Reed
A book about the spiritual journey of a person in recovery and the life lessons they learn.

Hi, I'm Bill and I'm Old: Reinventing My Sobriety for the Long Haul, by William Alexander
Out of author William Alexander's personal reflections and hard-won insights emerges an unconventional approach to the challenges of achieving and maintaining real sobriety--a radical way of living on this earth, endlessly honest, open, and willing--that come with aging. Beginning with the admission that we are as powerless over growing old as we are over our addictions, Bill takes readers on a journey of discovery and, in doing so, overturns the clichés of age, revealing how he was able to let go of old ideas about self, experience meditation in a new light, and discover the virtues of simplicity.

Impaired: A Nurse's Story of Addiction and Recovery, by Patricia Holloran
"Though Holloran's memoir may read familiar for anyone with an addiction memoir under his belt, what makes her story unique is her insider's view of the health care and recovery fields. A nurse suffering an addiction...Holloran kept her addiction a secret from everyone...Confronted by the Health Department's Drug Control agents, Holloran buckled, joined rehab and a support group called Nurses for Nurses, and began the arduous process of fighting to hold her life and career together. A poignant rendition of the addiction-recovery narrative, Holloran's most important work exposes the failure of the U.S. health care system to protect even its own." --Publishers Weekly

Loved Back to Life, by AJ Crowell
A book about the journey of an alcoholic and drug addict woman whose battle with the disease turns from hopeless to inspiring and amazing. The Author has been in long term recovery and has not had a drink or a drug since April of 1988.

Memoirs of a Little Old Man, by Stormy Froom
Poetic story of a man in healing .

Mommy's Gone to Treatment, by Denise Crosson
A story of a young girl whose mother has entered treatment for addiction and addresses issues children often face when an addicted parent seeks help. Written for children 4-8 years and includes a parent's guide with important talking points.

Point of Return, by Andrew Martin
A collection of moving and insightful stories about recovery, with an emphasis on the point in each of their lives where continuing down their destructive path of using was no longer an option .

Recovering Me, Discovering Joy, by Vivian Eisenecher
is an upbeat and often humorous work chock full of personal and poignant stories that emphasize timeless principles meant to improve the universal human predicament called life. Written by someone who has felt the heartbreaking frustration of depression, social anxiety, and alcoholism.

The Secret Disease of Addiction, by Jane Allen
A book that explains the psychobiology of addiction in plain simple words.

Tails of Recovery - Addicts and the Pets that Love Them, by Nancy A. Schenck
Presents a powerful and profound look into the devastation and self-destruction caused by addiction in the lives of those suffering from it, including the toll it can take on pets. The focus of this important book is not simply on the various forms of damage done. Rather it uses the real-life stories of addicts who have discovered recovery to convey, in compelling terms, the motivating roles their pets have played in this process.

The Turnaround Mom, by Carrie Sipp
How an abuse and addiction survivor stopped the toxic cycle for her family–and how you can, too!

Tweak, by Nic Sheffe
A book that tells the stories of a teenager and how he falls into substance use and eventually finds his way to recovery. Graphic and realistic. Should be read in tandem or concurrently with Beautiful Boy as together they provide necessary dual views on addiction experienced by parent and child.

Undrunk: A Skeptic's Guide to AA, by AJ Adams
Adams uses self-deprecating humor, entertaining anecdotes, and frank descriptions to introduce anyone who just doesn't get AA to the complete undrunk lifestyle. Beginning with the story of his first AA meeting, he takes the mystery out of what goes on behind closed doors, dispelling misconceptions of AA as cult-like, secretive, campy, or low brow. He then presents a user-friendly history and introduction to AA, explaining the Steps, Traditions, terms, and sayings - all punctuated by honest, often hilarious descriptions of his own struggles and eventual transformation to getting the program. In short, in highly accessible terms, Adams serves as an advocate for recovery by helping others to understand how it transforms lives.