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Oasis Treatment Center:  Recomended Books and Information For Recovery

We have compiled a comprehensive selection of books that you may purchase online from Amazon.com. Simply click on the category of your choice below to browse the titles.

Recommended for Adolescents

Recommended for Children

Recommended for Families

Recommended for Parents

Recommended for Professionals

Self Help - Mind

Self Help - Physical

Self Help - Spiritual

Addictions and Relationships - 12 Step

Addiction Therapies - 12 Step

Adult Children of Alcoholics - 12 Step

Al-Anon - 12 Step

Depression - 12 Step

Narcotics Anonymous - 12 Step

Sexual Addiction - 12 Step

Smoking Addiction - 12 Step


Recommended for Adolescents
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Different Like Me: A Book for Teens Who Worry About their Parents' Use of Alcohol/Drugs. Johnson Institute, Minneapolis, MN, 1987.

Leite, Evelyn and Pamela Espeland

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Living with a Parent Who Drinks Too Much. Greenwillow Books, New York, NY, 1979 (all ages)

Seixas, Judith

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Living with a Parent Who Drinks Too Much. Greenwillow Books, New York, NY, 1979 (ages 6-12 reading level)

Seixas, Judith

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Vulture: A Modern Allegory on the Art of Putting Oneself Down. Argus Communications, Niles, IL, 1977.

Simon, Sidney

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A Share of Freedom. Putnam, 1994, Revised 1996. (paperback)

Wood, June Rae

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A Share of Freedom. Putnam, 1994, Revised 1996. (hard cover)

Wood, June Rae

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Recommended for Children
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My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease. (Revised) MAC Publishing, Bainbridge Island, WA, 1996.

Black, Claudia

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Kids' Power Too! Words To Grow By. Imagine Works, Dallas, TX, 1996.

Brown, Cathey; LaPorte, Elizabeth and Jerry Moe

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My Dad's Definitely Not a Drunk. Waterfront, Burlington, VT, 1992.

Carbone, Ellsa Lynn

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Dear Kids of Alcoholics. Gurze Books, Carlsbad, CA, 1988.

Hall, Lindsey and Leigh Cohn

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Up and Down the Mountain. Small horizons. Liberty Corner, NJ, 1995.

Higgins, Pamela Leib Buy Now!
Welcome Home: A Child's View of Alcoholism. Charles Franklin press, Edmonds, WA, 1986.

Jance, Judith A. Buy Now!
Alcohol: What It Is, What It Does. Greenwillow Books, New York, NY, 1979.

Seixas, Judith S . Buy Now!
I Can Talk About What Hurts. Hazelden Publishing, Center City, MN, 1993.

Sinberg, Janet and Dennis Daley Buy Now!
I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much. Albert Whitman and Co., Niles, IL, 1988. (Paperback)

Vigna, Judith Buy Now!


Alcoholics Anonymous 12 step Programs
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Started in A.A.

Hamilton B.

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I'll Quit Tomorrow: A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment

Vernon E. Johnson

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Living Sober (paperback)

Hazelden Information Education

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Loosening the Grip: A handbook of Alcohol Information

Jean Kinney, Gwen Leaton

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Stepping Stones to Recovery (paperback)

Bill Pittman

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Not God: A history of Alcoholics Anonymous (paperback)

Ernest Kurtz

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The Thinking Person's Guide to Sobriety

Bert Pluymen

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The Steps We Took: A Teacher of the Twelve Steps... (paperback)

Joe McQ

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Staying Sober: A Guide for Relapse Prevention (paperback)

Terence T. Gorski, Merlene Miller

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Alcoholics Anonymous (paperback)

Hazelden Information Education

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AA, the Way It Began (paperback)

Bill Pittman, Daniel J. Anderson

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Always Aware (paperback)

James S. Cusack

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Staying Sober: Tips for Working a Twelve Step Program of Recovery (paperback)

Meredith Gould

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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (hardback)

AA World Service Office

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Twelve Step Sponsorship: How it Works (paperback)

Hamilton B.

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Program for You: A Guide to the Big Book Design for Living (paperback)

Hazelden

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As Bill Sees It: Selected Writings of the AA Co-Founder

AA World Service Office

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A Woman's Way Through the Twelve Steps

A Woman's Way Through the Twelve Steps

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Denial Is Not a River in Egypt (paperback)

Sandi Bachom, Don Ross

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Denial Is Not a River in Egypt: How to... (hardcover)

Shelley Stockwell

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Understanding the Twelve Steps: A Guide for Counselors, Therapists, and Recovering People (paperback)

Terence T. Gorski

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Waking Up Just in Time: A Therapist Shows How to Use the "Twelve Steps" approach to...

Abraham J. Twerski, Charles M. Schulz

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Came to Believe (paperback)

AA World Service Office

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Things My Sponsors Taught Me (paperback)

Paul H.

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The Message Living Happy, Joyous, & Free (paperback)

Bonnie Jean Stanley

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Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery: A Personal (paperback)

Kerry M. Olitzky

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Of Course You're Angry: A Guide to Dealing with the Emotions of Substance Abuse (paperback)

Gayle Rosellini

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Addiction Therapies - 12 step Programs
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Reality Therapy (paperback)

William Glasser

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Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder (paperback)

Edward M. Hallowell

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The Addictive Personality (paperback)

Craig Nakken

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (paperback)

David D. Burns

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Trust the Process: How to Prevent Relapse and Enhance Recovery (paperback)

Linda Free-Gardiner

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Trust the Process: Workbook

Linda Free Gardiner

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Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism (paperback)

James Robert Milam

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Al-Anon - 12 Step Programs
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Courage to Change: One Day at a Time in Al-Anon II (hardcover)

AFG

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Courage to Change: Large print

AFG

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Al-Anon's Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions

AFG

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Detachment: The Art of Letting Go While Living With an Alcoholic (pamphlets)

Evelyn Leithe

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Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family (paperback)

Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse

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The Courage to Change: Hope and Help for Alcoholics and Their Families

Dennis Wholey

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Adult Children of Alcoholics - 12 Step Programs
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Elephant in the Living Room: A Leader's Guide for Helping Children of Alcoholics (paperback)

Jill M. Hastings

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Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life (paperback)

Dr. Susan Forward

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My Mama's Waltz: A Book for Daughters of Alcoholic Mothers (paperback)

Eleanor Agnew, Sharon Robideauz

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Struggle for Intimacy (paperback)

Janet Geringer Wotitiz

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Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families (paperback)

Charles L. Whitfield

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Healing the Child Within: (cassette)

Charles L. Whitfield

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My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease: A Child's View: Living with Addiction (paperback)

Claudia Black

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Elephant in the Living Room: The Children's Book (paperback) Level ages 4-8

Jill Hastings

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The Recovery Book (paperback)

Arlene Eisenberg

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Flying Boy: Healing the Wounded Man (paperback)

John Lee

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Depression - 12 Step Programs
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I Can See Tomorrow: A Guide to Living With Depression (paperback)

Patricia L. Owen

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Denial is not a River in Egypt: How to Overcome Depression, Addiction, Compulsion

Shelley Stockwell

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Recommended for Families
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Another Chance

Wegscheider-Cruse

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Alateen: Hope for the Children of Alcoholics

Alateen

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New Peoplemaking

Satir

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Adult Children of Alcoholics

Woititz

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Facing Codependence

Mellody

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Breaking Free: A Recovery Workbook for Facing Codependence

Mellody

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Facing Codependence (audio cassette)

Mellody

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Codependent No More (hardcover)

Beattie

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Codependent No More (paperback)

Beattie

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Codependent No More (largeprint)

Beattie

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Codependent No More (audio cassette)

Beattie

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Self Esteem: A Family Affair

Illsley Clarke

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How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable

Ellis

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The Alcoholic Family in Recovery

Brown

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Shame: The Power of Caring

Kaufman

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Facing Shame: Families in Recovery

Fossum

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Healing the Shame that Binds You (cassettes)

Bradshaw

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Healing the Shame that Binds You (paperback)

Bradshaw

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No Place to Hide

Nichols

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Love is a Choice (1996 ed.)

Hemfelt

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Love is a Choice (1991 ed.)

Hemfelt

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Love is a Choice Workbook

Hemfelt

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Escape from Intimacy

Schaef

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Making Peace with Your Parents

Felder

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Kids are Worth It! (Paperback)

Coloroso

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A Pocket Guide to Kids are Worth It

Coloroso

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Wisdom of the Ages (Hardcover)

Dyer

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Improve Your Life Using Wisdom of the Ages (Audio Cassette)

Dyer

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Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (Hardcover)

Chopra

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Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (Audio Cassette)

Chopra

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Growing Up Again

Dawson

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Recommended for Parents
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Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World. Prima Publishing, Rocklin, CA, 1988. (paperback)

H. Stephen Glenn

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Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World. Prima Publishing, Rocklin, CA, 1988. (paperback 2nd Ed)

H. Stephen Glenn

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The Children's Place: At the Heart of Recovery.

Jerry Moe & Ross Zeigler

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Kid's Power: Healing Games for Children of Alcoholics.

Moe & Pohlman

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Positive Discipline for Parenting in Recovery.

Nelsen, Intner & Lott

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Recommended for Professionals
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The Resilient Self

Wolin & Wolin

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Another Chance

Wegscheider-Cruse

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Kids' Power

Moe & Pohlman

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Kids' Power Too

Moe, Brown, La Porte

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Alateen: Hope for Children of Alcoholics

 

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It Will Never Happen to Me

Black

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Discovery: Finding the Buried Treasure

Moe

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Children of Alcoholics

Black

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Self Help - Mind
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Bradshaw on the Family (cassette)

John Bradshaw

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Bradshaw On : The Family (cassette)

John Bradshaw

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Bradshaw on: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid-Self Esteem (paperback)

John Bradshaw

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Creating Love/the Next Great Stage of Growth (paperback)

John Bradshaw

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One Small Step: Moving Beyond Trauma and Therapy to a Life of Joy (paperback)

Yvonne M. Dolan

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Letting Go of Shame (paperback)

Patricia Potter-Efron

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The Knight in Rusty Armor (paperback)

Robert Fisher

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Sleep with the Angels: A Mother Challenges AIDS (paperback)

Mary Fisher

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The Road to Recovery (paperback)

Allan Gates

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Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and About Adults Abused as Children (paperback)

Eliana Gil

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Outgrowing the Pain Together: A Book for Spouses and Partners (paperback)

Eliana Gil

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Understanding the Twelve Steps: An Interpretation and Guide for Recovering People (paperback)

Terence T. Gorski

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Breaking Free from Domestic Violence (paperback)

Jerry L. Grinegar

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Waking Up, Alive: The Descent, the Suicide Attempt, and the Return to Life (paperback)

Richard A. Heckler

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Waking Up, Alive: (cassette)

Richard A.Heckler

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The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife

James Hollis

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Turning it over: A Third Step Guide for Recovering People (paperback)

H.T.P

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Twelve Steps to Happiness: A Handbook for all Twelve Steppers (paperback)

Joe Klass

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To Life!: (large print)

Harold S. Kushner

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To Life!: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking

Harold S.Kushner

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Harriet Lerner on Mothers & Daughters: Breaking the patterns That Keep You Stuck (cassette)

Harriet Lerner

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The Dance of Anger (cassette/abridged)

Harriet Lerner

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The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

Harriet Lerner

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Self-Esteem (paperback)

Matthew McKay

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The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love (paperback)

M. Scott Peck

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Road Less Traveled

M. Scott Peck - Library Binding

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The Assertive Woman (paperback)

Stanlee Phelps, Nancy Austin

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The Way Home (children's)

Nan Parson Rossiter

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The Angry Book (paperback)

Theodore Isaac Rubin

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Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception (paperback)

Abraham J. Twerski

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When Do the Good Things Start (paperback)

Abraham J. Twerski

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Freedom Through Forgiving: A Workbook for Everyone Who's Been Hurt Someone (paperback)

Dwight Lee Wolter

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Values from the Heartland: Stories of an American Farmgirl (hardcover)

Bettie B. Youngs

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Values from the Heartland: (paperback)

Bettie B. Youngs

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Safegaurding Your Teenager from the Dragons of Life (paperback)

Bettie B. Youngs

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Safeguarding your Teenager from the Dragons of Life (cassette)

Bettie B. Youngs

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Narcotics Anonymous - 12 Step Programs
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Staying Clean: Living without Drugs (paperback)

Hazelden Education

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Narcotics Anonymous (cassette)

Hazelden Education

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NA Text: Narcotics Anonymous (paperback)

Hazelden Education

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Hope, Faith & Courage: Stories from the Fellowship of Cocaine Anonymous (paperback)

CA World Service

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Hope, Faith & Courage (hardcover)

CA World Service

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Heroin (paperback)

Sandra Lee Smith

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Heroin (paperback)

Humberto Fernandez

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The Dual Disorders Recovery Book

Hazelden Education

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Self Help - Physical
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Stretch & Surrender: A Guide to Yoga, Health and Relaxation for People in Recovery (paperback)

Annalisa Cunningham

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Managing Pain Before It Manages You (paperback)

Dr. Margaret Caudill

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Taking Control of Your Headaches: How to Get the Treatment You Need (paperback)

Paul Duckro

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Recovery from Compulsive Eating: A Complete Guide to the Twelve Step Program (paperback)

Jim A.

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Food for Thought (paperback)

Elisabeth L.

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Fat is a Family Affair (paperback)

Judi Hollis

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Addictions and Relationships  - 12 Step Programs
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How to be an Assertive (Not Aggressive) Woman (paperback)

Jean Baer

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How to be an Assertive (Not Aggressive) Woman (cassette)

Jean Baer

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How to Break your Addiction to a Person (hardcover)

Halpern, Howard M. Halpern

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How to Break Your Addiction to a Person (paperback)

Halpern

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Is It Love or Is It Addiction (hardcover)

Brenda Schaeffer

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Is It Love or Is It Addiction (paperback)

Brenda Schaeffer

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Is It Love or Is It Addiction (cassette)

Brenda Schaeffer

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The Language of Letting Go (paperback)

Melody Beattie

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The Language of Letting Go (hardcover)

Melody Beattie

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Leaving the Enchanted Forest: The Path from Relationship Addiction to Intimacy (paperback)

Stephanie Covington

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Our Children are Alcoholics: Coping with Children Who have Addictions (paperback)

Sally and David B.

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Love is Letting Go of Fear (paperback)

Gerald G. Jampolsky

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Love is Letting Go of Fear (cassette)

Gerald G. Jampolsky

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No is a Complete Sentence; Learning the Sacredness of Personal Boundaries (paperback)

Megan Leboutillier

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When I say NO I feel Guilty (paperback)

Manuel J. Smith

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Women Who Love Too Much (paperback)

Robin Norwood

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Robin Norwood's Women Who Love Too Much  (cassette)

 

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Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All The Time (paperback)

Melody Beattie

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Codependent No More: How to Stop controlling (paperback)

Melody Beattie

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Codependent No More (hardcover)

Melody Beattie

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Codependent No More (large Print)

Melody Beattie

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Codependents' Guide to the Twelve Steps (cassette)

Melody Beattie

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The Dance Of Anger (cassette)

Harriet Lerner

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The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships (paperback)

Harriet Lerner

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Don't Say Yes When You Want to Say NO (paperback)

Herbert Fensterheim

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Don't Say Yes When You Want to Say No (cassette)

Herbert Fensterheim

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Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from (paperback)

Pia Mellody

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Boundaries With Kids: When to Say Yes, When to Say No (cassette)

Henry Cloud

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Boundaries: When to Say Yes When to Say No to Take control of your life (hardcover)

Henry Cloud

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Broken Toys Broken Dreams: Understanding and Healing Codependency, Compulsive Behaviors and Family (paperback)

Terry Kellogg

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Sexual Addiction  - 12 Step Programs
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Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction (paperback)

Patrick J. Carnes

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Hope and Recovery: A Twelve Step Guide for Healing from Compulsive Sexual Behavior (paperback)

Compcare Pubns

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Hope and Recovery: workbook