Where to go for help
The following lists include helpful books, videos and online organizations and businesses, which can help you or your loved one fight addiction, manage recovery and cope with grief and loss.
Addiction and Recovery
Books
- Fighting for My Life by Michael Blanchard
- Through A Sober Lens: A Photographer’s Journey by Michael Blanchard
- Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions by Russel Brand
- Ibogaine Explained by Peter Frank and Eric Taub
- Loving What Is by Byron Katie
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté, MD
- How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics by Michael Pollan
- Unbroken Brain by Maia Szalavitz
- Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss
Websites
- Addiction.com
- The Addict’s Mom
- Begin Again
- Being True to You
- Clear Sky Recovery
- Dr. Gabor Maté
- Harm Reduction
- The Kennedy Forum
- Liberation Programs
- The Lighthouse: Sober Living and Recovery 365
- MAPS
- Mother’s Against Prescription Drug Abuse
- New Leaf Detox & Treatment
- Progressive Institute
- Psychedelic Times
- Shatterproof
- Tyler G. Foundation
Grief and Loss
Books
- Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of Your Inner Voice by Nancy Aronie
- Dear Jack, a love letter by Barbara Bates Conroy and Jackson Scott Conroy
- With Love and Light by Jamie Butler
- Safe Passage, Words to Help the Grieving by Molly Fumia
- The Afterlife of Billy Fingers by Annie Kagan
- My Son and the Afterlife by Elisa Medhus, MD
- Your Souls Plan by Robert Schwartz
- Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss, PhD.
- Conversations with Mary by Anna Raimondi
- Life Among the Dead by Lisa Williams
- Healing After Loss by Martha Whitmore Hickman
- Life Among the Dead by Lisa Williams