12-Step Related Resources

• Alcoholics Anonymous - http://www.aa.org
• Narcotics Anonymous - http://www.na.org
• Alanon and Alateen - http://www.al-anon-alateen.org/

Government Agencies

• National Institute on Drug Addiction (NIDA) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/

Addiction As A Disease

• American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)  - http://asam.org
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (SAMHSA)  - http://www.health.org

 Professional Resources

• Alabama Board of Nursing - http://www.abn.state.al.us/
• Alabama Physician’s Health Program - http://alabamaphp.weebly.com/
• Alabama Board of Dental Examiners - http://www.dentalboard.org/
• Alabama Department of Public Health - http://www.adph.org/ems/
• Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapists - http://www.asbrt.alabama.gov/
• Committee on Rehabilitating Impaired Pharmacists - http://www.albop.com/corip.htm

Book List Complied by the Staff of ARP

• Destination Joy (Dealing with childhood issues in recovery )- Ernie Larsen
• Stage II Recovery (Dealing with your issues once sober) – Ernie Larsen
• Living Sober (practical 12-step wisdom about staying sober) – AA services
• Adult Child of Alcoholics – Janet Woititz
• Codependent No More – Melody Beattie
• Codependents’ Guide to the 12 steps – Melody Beattie
• Facing Codependence – Pia Melody
• Facing Shame: Families in Recovery –Merle and Marilyn Mason
• Letting Go of Shame: Understanding How Shame Affects Your Life– Ronald Potter-Effron
• Where you End and I Begin (Boundaries) – Anne Katherine
• Victims No More – Thomas McCabe
• The Language of Feelings – David Viscott, M.D.
• Lost in the Shuffle (Co-Dependency) – Robert Subby
• The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron
• Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family – Sharon Wegscheider  Cruse
• The Spirituality of Imperfection – Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham
• Unfinished Business (about women and depression)
• Addictive Thinking – Abraham J. Twerski
• When Bad Things Happen to Good People -  Harold Kushner
• Why We Need God by Harold Kushner
• Healing the Shame that Binds -  John Bradshaw
• Man’s Search for Meaning – Victor Frankel
• Undercurrents (About depression)  -  Martha Manning
• Craving for Ecstasy : How Our Passions Become Addictions and What We Can Do About Them – Harvey Milkman and Stanley Sunderwirth
• Things my Sponsor Taught me  - Paula H.
• Design for Growth: 12 steps for Adult -  Veronica Ray
• Recovery Bible