Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery

The 30-day sobriety solution: how to cut back or quit drinking in the privacy of your own home. Jack Canfield, Dave Andrews. 616.861 CAN
Addiction & recovery for dummies. Paul Ritvo. 616.862 RIT
Addiction nation: what the opioid crisis reveals about us. Timothy McMahan King. 362.293 KIN
The addiction solution: treating our dependence on opioids and other drugs. Lloyd I. Sederer. 362.29 SED
Alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs. 362.29 INF
Alcoholics Anonymous: the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism. 362.292 ALC
American cartel: inside the battle to bring down the opioid industry. Scott Higham, Sari Horwitz. 338.4761 HIG
American epidemic: reporting from the front lines of the opioid crisis. 362.293 AME
American fix: inside the opioid addiction crisis–and how to end it. Ryan Hampton. 362.293 HAM
American overdose: the opioid tragedy in three acts. Chris McGreal. 362.29 MACG
American pain: how a young felon and his ring of doctors unleashed America’s deadliest drug epidemic. John Temple. 362.29 TEM
The A-Z of drugs. Corinne Naden. 362.29 NAD
Beyond addiction: how science and kindness help people change. Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, Nicole Kosanke. 616.86 FOO, CD 616.86 FOO
The book of waking up: experiencing the divine love that reorders a life. Seth Haines. 362.29 HAI
Buzzed: the straight facts about the most used and abused drugs from alcohol to ecstasy. Cynthia Kuhn. 362.29 KUH
Chasing the scream: the first and last days of the war on drugs. Johann Hari. 363.45 HAR
Cocaine nation: how the white trade took over the world. Tom Feiling. 362.298 FEI
Codependent no more: how to stop controlling others and start caring for yourself. Melody Beattie. 155.916 BEA
The complete ACOA sourcebook: adult children of alcoholics at home, at work, and in love. Janet G. Woititz. 362.292 WOI
The corner: a year in the life of an inner-city neighborhood. David Simon. 364.177 SIM
Dopesick: dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America. Beth Macy. 362.29 MACY
Dreamland: the true tale of America’s opiate epidemic. Sam Quinones. 362.293 QUI
Drink: the intimate relationship between women and alcohol. Ann Dowsett Johnston. 362.292 JOH
Drinking in America: our secret history. Susan Cheever. 394.13 CHE
Drug dependence to treatment. Lorrie Klosterman. 362.29 KLO
Drugs and society. Joan Axelrod-Contrada. 362.29 AXE
Drugs and the body. Lorrie Klosterman. 362.29 KLO
Drunks: an American history. Christopher M. Finan. 362.292 FIN
Fentanyl, Inc.: how rogue chemists are creating the deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic. Ben Westhoff. 362.29 WES
Fighting for space: how a group of drug users transformed one city’s struggle with addiction. Travis Lupick. 362.29 LUP
Forces of habit: drugs and the making of the modern world. David T. Courtwright. 362.29 COU
Get your loved one sober. Robert J. Meyers, Brenda L. Wolfe. 362.292 MEY
Getting sober: a practical guide to making it through the first 30 days. Kelly Madigan Erlandson. 362.292 ERL
Going to pot: why the rush to legalize marijuana is harming America. William J. Bennett, Robert A. White. 362.295 BEN
Good morning, destroyer of men’s souls: a memoir of women, addiction, and love. Nina Renata Aron. 362.29 ARO
Grass roots: the rise and fall and rise of marijuana in America. Emily Dufton. 362.295 DUF
The gravity of joy: a story of being lost and found. Angela Williams Gorrell. 248.86 GOR
Hallucinogens. 615.788 HAL
The hard sell: crime and punishment at an opioid startup. Evan Hughes. 338.4761 HUG
Helping families recover from addiction: coping, growing, and healing through 12-step practices and Ignatian spirituality. Jean Heaton. 261.8322 HEA
Her best-kept secret: why women drink–and how they can regain control. Gabrielle Glaser. 362.292 GLA
How to stop screwing up: 12 steps to a real life and a pretty good time. Martha Woodroof. 158.1 WOO
Inside rehab: the surprising truth about addiction treatment: and how to get help that works. Anne M. Fletcher. 362.29 FLE
It will never happen to me: growing up with addiction as youngsters, adolescents, adults. Claudia Black. 362.292 BLA, Spanish Lang. 362.292 BLA
The least of us: true tales of America and hope in the time of fentanyl and meth. Sam Quinones. 362.293 QUI
Light up the night: America’s overdose crisis and the drug users fighting for survival. Travis Lupick. 362.29 LUP
The little red book for women. 362.292 LIT
Love first: a family’s guide to intervention. Jeff Jay, Debra Jay. 362.2928 JAY
Loving our addicted daughters back to life: a guidebook for parents. Linda Dahl. 362.29 DAH
LSD and other hallucinogens. Suzanna Drew-Edwards. 362.294 DRE
Methamphetamine. Randi Mehling. 616.864 MEH
Methland: the death and life of an American small town. Nick Reding. 362.299 RED
Mommy doesn’t drink here anymore: getting through the first year of sobriety. Rachael Brownell. 362.292 BRO
Narcotics Anonymous. 362.293 NAR
Not my child: a progressive and proactive approach for healing addicted teenagers and their families. Frank Lawlis. 616.86 LAW
Opium: how an ancient flower shaped and poisoned our world. John H. Halpern, David Blistein. 362.293 HAL
Out of the wreck I rise: a literary companion to recovery. Neil Steinberg, Sara Bader. 362.292 STE
Overcoming opioid addiction: the authoritative medical guide for patients, families, doctors, and therapists. Adam Bisaga. 362.292 BIS
Perfect daughters: adult daughters of alcoholics. Robert J. Ackerman. 362.292 ACK
Raising Lazarus: hope, justice, and the future of America’s overdose crisis. Beth Macy. 362.293 MAC
Raising the bottom: making mindful choices in a drinking culture. Lisa Boucher. 362.292 BOU
Recover to live: kick any habit, manage any addiction: your self-treatment guide to alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, gambling, hoarding, smoking, sex and porn. Christopher Kennedy Lawford. 362.29 LAW
The recovering: intoxication and its aftermath. Leslie Jamison. 616.86 JAM
Recovering joy: a mindful life after addiction. Kevin Griffin. 294.3444 GRI
Rewire: change your brain to break bad habits, overcome addictions, conquer self-destructive behavior. Richard O’Connor. 616.8582 OCO
Safe medicine for sober people: how to avoid relapsing on pain, sleep, cold or any other medication. Jeffrey Weisberg, Gene Hawes. 362.29 HAW
7 tools to beat addiction. Stanton Peele. 616.86 PEE
Sober siblings: how to help your alcoholic brother or sister–and not lose yourself. Patricia Olsen, Petros Levounis. 362.292 OLS
Stop smoking now: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques. David F. Marks. 362.2968 MAR
Tell your children: the truth about marijuana, mental illness, and violence. Alex Berenson. 362.295 BER, Large Type 362.295 BER
Thinking simply about addiction: a handbook for recovery. Richard S. Sandor. 362.29 SAN
This is Ohio: the overdose crisis and the front lines of a new America. Jack Shuler. 362.293 SHU
Unbroken brain: a revolutionary new way of understanding addiction. Maia Szalavitz. 362.29 SZA
Undoing drugs: the untold story of harm reduction and the future of addiction. Maia Szalavitz. 362.29 SZA
Undrunk: a skeptic’s guide to AA. A.J. Adams. 362.292 ADA
The urge: our history of addiction. Carl Erik Fisher. 616.8584 FIS
What’s wrong with my kid?: when drugs or alcohol might be a problem and what to do about it. George E. Leary, Jr. 649.48 LEA

BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR

The adventures of Grandmaster Flash: my life, my beats. Grandmaster Flash. 782.4216 GRA
Alice Cooper, golf monster: a rock ‘n’ roller’s 12 steps to becoming a golf addict. Alice Cooper. B Cooper
All is grace: a ragamuffin memoir. Brennan Manning. B Manning
America anonymous: eight addicts in search of a life. Benoit Denizet-Lewis. 616.86 DEN
As needed for pain: a memoir of addiction. Dan Peres. 362.293 PER
Beautiful boy: a father’s journey through his son’s addiction. David Sheff. 362.299 SHE, Spanish Lang. 362.299 SHE, CD 362.299 SHE
Between breaths: a memoir of panic and addiction. Elizabeth Vargas. 362.292 VAR
The big fight: my life in and out of the ring. Sugar Ray Leonard. B Leonard
Blackout: remembering the things I drank to forget. Sarah Hepola. 362.292 HEP
Breaking night: a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard. Liz Murray. B Murray
Broken: my story of addiction and redemption. William Cope Moyers. 362.298 MOY
By some miracle I made it out of there: a memoir. Tom Sizemore. B Sizemore
Carry on, warrior: thoughts on life unarmed. Glennon Doyle Melton. B Melton
Cat daddy: what the world’s most incorrigible cat taught me about life, love, and coming clean. Jackson Galaxy. 636.8 GAL
The Chris Farley show: a biography in three acts. Tom Farley, Jr. B Farley
Comeback: a mother and daughter’s journey through hell and back. Claire Fontaine, Mia Fontaine. 306.874 FON
Coming clean: a story of faith. Seth Haines. 248.862 HAI
A common struggle: a personal journey through the past and future of mental illness and addiction. Patrick J. Kennedy, Stephen Fried. B Kennedy
The cook up: a crack rock memoir. D. Watkins. 364.177 WAT
Corrections in ink: a memoir. Keri Blakinger. B Blakinger
Cracked: putting broken lives together again: a doctor’s story. Drew Pinsky. 362.29 PIN
Crux: a cross-border memoir. Jean Guerrero. 362.29 GUE
The death of my father the pope: a memoir. Obed Silva. 362.2923 SIL
Doc: a memoir. Dwight Gooden. B Gooden
The dope: the real history of the Mexican drug trade. Benjamin T. Smith. 364.1336 SMI
Double double: a dual memoir of addiction. Martha Grimes, Ken Grimes. B Grimes
Down these mean streets. Piri Thomas. B Thomas, Spanish Lang. B Thomas
Dreaming: hard luck and good times in America. Carolyn See. B See
Drinking: a love story. Caroline Knapp. 362.292 KNA
A drinking life: a memoir. Pete Hamill. B Hamill
Dry. Augusten Burroughs. B Burroughs, EAudiobook
Elizabeth. J. Randy Taraborrelli. B Taylor, Large Type B Taylor
Every love story is a ghost story: a life of David Foster Wallace. D.T. Max. B Wallace
Everything is horrible and wonderful: a tragicomic memoir of genius, heroin, love, and loss. Stephanie Wittels Wachs. 362.293 WIT
Fall to pieces: a memoir of drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, and mental illness. Mary Forsberg Weiland. 362.29 WEI
Fiction ruined my family. Jeanne Darst. B Darst
From Harvard to hell…and back: a Doctor’s journey through addiction to recovery. Sylvester “Skip” Sviokla III. 362.29 SVI
The gilded razor: a memoir. Sam Lansky. B Lansky
Girl walks out of a bar. Lisa F. Smith. B Smith
Guts: the endless follies and tiny triumphs of a giant disaster. Kristen Johnston. B Johnston
Halfway: a memoir. Tom Macher. 362.292 MAC
The heart and other monsters: a memoir. Rose Andersen. 362.293 AND
Here’s the story: surviving Marcia Brady and finding my true voice. Maureen McCormick. B McCormick
How to murder your life: a memoir. Cat Marnell. 362.299 MAR
I dreamed I was a very clean tramp: an autobiography. Richard Hell. B Hell
If only you people could follow directions: a memoir. Jessica Hendry Nelson. 362.33 NEL
If you love me: a mother’s memoir of a daughter’s opioid addiction. Maureen Cavanagh. 362.29 CAV
I’ll scream later. Marlee Matlin. B Matlin
I’m just happy to be here: a memoir of renegade mothering. Janelle Hanchett. 362.29 HAN
In pain: a bioethicist’s personal struggle with opioids. Travis Rieder. 362.293 RIE
The interventionist. Joani Gammill. 362.29 GAM
It’s so easy: and other lies. Duff McKagan. B McKagan
Jadlow: on the rebound. Todd Jadlow, Tom Brew. B Jadlow
Jeannie out of the bottle. Barbara Eden. B Eden
Kill the noise: finding meaning above the madness. Ryan Ries. 277.94 RIE
Leave out the tragic parts: a grandfather’s search for a boy lost to addiction. Dave Kindred. 362.29 KIN
Life itself: a memoir. Roger Ebert. B Ebert, Large Type B Ebert
A list of things that didn’t kill me: a memoir. Jason Schmidt. Y 362.1969 SCH
Lit: a memoir. Mary Karr. B Karr
LT over the edge: tackling quarterbacks, drugs, and a world beyond football. Lawrence Taylor. 796.332 TAY
Magnificent desolation: the long journey home from the moon. Buzz Aldrin. B Aldrin
Mayhem. Sigrid Rausing. 362.29 RAU
Memoirs of an addicted brain: a neuroscientist examines his former life on drugs. Marc Lewis. 362.29 LEW
A million little pieces. James Frey. 362.29 FRE, Spanish Lang. 362.29 FRE
My fair junkie: a memoir of getting dirty and staying clean. Amy Dresner. 362.29 DRE
My friend Leonard. James Frey. 362.29 FRE
My life on the line: how the NFL damn near killed me, and ended up saving my life. Ryan O’Callaghan. B O’Callaghan
My name is Bill: Bill Wilson: his life and the creation of Alcoholics Anonymous. Susan Cheever. B W.
The night of the gun: a reporter investigates the darkest story of his life, his own. David Carr. B Carr
Ninety days: a memoir of recovery. Bill Clegg. 362.29 CLE
Not dead yet: the memoir. Phil Collins. B Collins, CD B Collins
Nothing good can come from this: essays. Kristi Coulter. 814.5 COU
Off the rails: one family’s journey through teen addiction. Susan Burrowes. 362.29 BUR
The only life I could save: a memoir. Katherine Ketcham. 362.29 KET
Opium fiend: a 21st century slave to a 19th century addiction: a memoir. Steven Martin. 362.293 MAR
Ordinary girls: a memoir. Jaquira Díaz. B Díaz
Out came the sun: overcoming the legacy of mental illness, addiction, and suicide in my family. Mariel Hemingway. B Hemingway
A paper life. Tatum O’Neal. B O’Neal
Portrait of an addict as a young man: a memoir. Bill Clegg. 362.29 CLE
Quitter: a memoir of drinking, relapse, and recovery. Erica C. Barnett. 362.292 BAR
Save me from myself: how I found God, quit Korn, kicked drugs, and lived to tell my story. Brian “Head” Welch. B Welch
Shards: a young vice cop investigates her darkest case of meth addiction–her own. Allison Moore. 363.2092 MOO
Sink: a memoir. Joseph Earl Thomas. B Thomas
The sky isn’t visible from here. Felicia C. Sullivan. B Sullivan
Smacked: a story of white-collar ambition, addiction, and tragedy. Eilene Zimmerman. 362.29 ZIM
Sober stick figure: a memoir. Amber Tozer. 362.292 TOZ
Stay close: a mother’s story of her son’s addiction. Libby Cataldi. 362.29 CAT
Strung out: one last hit and other lies that nearly killed me: a memoir. Erin Khar. 362.293 KHA
Symptoms of withdrawal: a memoir of snapshots and redemption. Christopher Kennedy Lawford. B Lawford
Terry: my daughter’s life-and-death struggle with alcoholism. George McGovern. B McGovern
Till the end. CC Sabathia. B Sabathia
Tweak: growing up on methamphetamines. Nic Sheff. Large Type 362.299 SHE
Under our roof: a son’s battle for recovery, a mother’s battle for her son. Madeleine Dean, Harry Cunnane. 362.293 DEA
Untied: a memoir of family, fame, and floundering. Meredith Baxter. B Baxter
Unwasted: my lush sobriety. Sacha Z. Scoblic. 362.292 SCO
A very fine house: a mother’s story of love, faith, and crystal meth. Barbara Cofer Stoefen. 362.299 STO
We are the luckiest: the surprising magic of a sober life. Laura McKowen. 362.292 MACK
What are the odds?: from crack addict to CEO. Mike Lindell. B Lindell
White out: the secret life of heroin: a memoir. Michael W. Clune. 362.293 CLU
Wishful drinking. Carrie Fisher. B Fisher, CD B Fisher
With or without you: a memoir. Domenica Ruta. B Ruta
You ought to do a story about me: addiction, an unlikely friendship, and the endless quest for redemption. Ted Jackson. B Wallace

FICTION

The alcoholic. Jonathan Ames. Graphic Fic AME
All fall down. Jennifer Weiner. Fic WEI, EAudio
Cost. Roxana Robinson. Fic ROB
Crank. Ellen Hopkins. Y Fic HOP
Crystal lies. Melody Carlson. Rel. Fic CAR
A drop of the hard stuff: a Matthew Scudder novel. Lawrence Block. Mystery BLO
Far from you. Tess Sharpe. Y Fic SHA
Glass. Ellen Hopkins. Y Fic HOP
The good house. Ann Leary. Fic LEA
Imperfect birds. Anne Lamott. Fic LAM, Large Type Fic LAM, CD Fic LAM
Paula Spencer. Roddy Doyle. Fic DOY
Postcards from the edge. Carrie Fisher. Fic FIS
A private sorcery. Lisa Gornick. Fic GOR
Road trip. Melody Carlson. Y Fic CAR
Rush. Kim Wozencraft. Fic WOZ
Spin. Catherine McKenzie. Fic MACK
The taste of salt. Martha Southgate. Fic SOU
Vicious cycle: an intervention novel. Terri Blackstock. Rel. Fic BLA, Large Type Fic BLA
Walking on broken glass. Christa Allan. Rel. Fic ALL

DVDS & VIDEOS

Drug abuse: altered states. VIDEO 613.8
Finding hope in recovery: families living with addiction. DVD 362.29
The lost weekend. DVD Drama L
My name is Bill W. DVD Drama M
Ray. DVD Drama R, VIDEO Descriptive R
El rey de los coleaderos = The king of rodeo. DVD Foreign R

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Abusing prescription drugs. Philip Wolny. J 613.8 WOL
Alcohol and your liver: the incredibly disgusting story. Theresa Anne Booley. J 613.81 BOO
Avoiding drugs. Patricia J. Murphy. J 362.29 MUR
Cocaine. Michael A. Sommers. J 613.84 SOM
Crack and your circulatory system: the incredibly disgusting story. Claudia B. Manley. J 613.84 MAN
Crystal meth. Jeremy Harrow. J 613.84 HAR
The dangers of herbal stimulants. Meish Goldish. J 362.29 GOL
Downers. Jason Porterfield. J 613.8 POR
Ecstasy. Tamra B. Orr. J 613.84 ORR
Hallucinogens and your neurons: the incredibly disgusting story. Holly Cefrey. J 613.83 CEF
Heroin and your veins. Allan Cobb. J 613.83 COB
Inhalant abuse. Matthew Robinson. J 613.8 ROB
Marijuana. Jeanne Nagle. J 613.83 NAG
My dad. Niki Daly. Pic DAL
OxyContin abuse. Suzanne Slade. J 613.83 SLA
Speed. Edward Willett. J 613.84 WIL
Steroids. Doretta Lau. J 613.8 LAU
Uppers. Corona Brezina. J 613.84 BRE

INTERNET RESOURCES

National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month

ACERCA DE RECUPERACIÓN DE ALCOHOLISMO Y ADICCIONES EN ESPAÑOL

El cuaderno de Maya. Isabel Allende. Spanish Lang. Fic ALL
Cómo mantener sobrio a tu ser querido: guía para ayudar a las personas que sufren adicciones, sin pelear, suplicar ni amenazar. Robert J. Meyers, Brenda L. Wolfe. Spanish Lang. 362.292 MEY
La cura del alcoholismo y otras adicciones. Chris Prentiss. Spanish Lang. 362.292 PRE
En mil pedazos. James Frey. Spanish Lang. 362.29 FRE
Eso no me sucedera: hijos adultos de padres alcoholicos. Claudia Black. Spanish Lang. 362.292 BLA
Girando en un tacon. Regina Kuri. Spanish Lang. 362.29 KUR
El hombre quimico. Jose Canseco. Spanish Lang. 796.357 CAN
Mi hijo precioso: el viaje de un padre a traves de la adiccion de su hijo. David Sheff. Spanish Lang. 362.299 SHE
Por estas calles bravas. Piri Thomas. Spanish Lang. B Thomas
Trejo: mi vida de crimen, redención y Hollywood. Danny Trejo. Spanish Lang. B Trejo