End Your Addiction Now: : The Proven Nutritional Supplement Program That Can Set You Free (www.twbookmark.com/books/60/0446527238)
Charles Gant, M.D. and Greg Lewis, Ph.D.

Dr. Gant presents his three-stage recovery program to reduce or eliminate addictions through  nutritional supplements that restore the proper balance of neurotransmitters in the brain.  The program can help to reduce or eliminate drug and alcohol cravings, detoxify with an over-the-counter remedy that helps cleanse the body, and correct secondary nutritional imbalances to ensure long-term results. Questionnaires help readers identify which appropriate supplements will help them regain control of their lives.

Natural Highs: Supplements, Nutrition, and Mind-BodyTechniques to Help You Feel Good All the Time. (www.cassmd.com/books.html#nathi)
Hyla Cass, MD and Patrick Holford

The authors, a psychiatrist and nutritional expert, advocate using a balanced diet and natural supplements/herbs such as kava, ginseng, choline, and DMAE to improve ones vitality, focus and state of mind. These natural alternatives act as stress busters, energizers, and mood enhancers without the consequences of addiction to substances such as caffeine, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, or drugs. The positive effects, rare cautions, and recommended dosages associated with each item are detailed.  Other helpful mind/body lifestyle practices like meditation, massage, dance and aromatherapy are also described.

Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption
William Cope Moyers, Katherine Ketcham

William Cope Moyers has come a long, long way. In 1994, he lay on the floor of an Atlanta crack house. His father had put together a search party. His worried family waited at home where Moyers had left them when he embarked on yet another binge. From that lowly, drug-hazed night, Moyers went on to become an executive at the Hazelden Foundation and travels far and wide to talk about addiction and treatment.

Broken tells the story of what happened between then and now from growing up the privileged son of Bill Moyers to his descent into alcoholism and drug addiction, his numerous stabs at getting clean, his many relapses, and how he managed to survive.

My Name Is Bill (www.susancheever.com)
Susan Cheever

In this thoroughly researched and groundbreaking biography of Bill Wilson, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Cheever creates a remarkably human portrait of a man whose life and work both influenced and saved the lives of millions of people. Drawn from personal letters and diaries, records in a variety of archives, and hundreds of interviews, this definitive biography is the first fully documented account of Bill Wilson's life story.

The Year of The Dogs (yearofthedogs.com/index.html)
Marie Shieva

The Year of the Dogs is a young woman’s autobiographical account of surviving the loss of her boyfriend to drug addiction.  This moving story of love and friendship delves into the deepest corners of the human experience with wit and honesty

Addictive Personality: Understanding the Addictive Process and Compulsive Behavior (hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?a=b&item=3429)
Craig Nakken

Craig nakken presents the most recent information on how an individual becomes an addict-including cultural influences and genetic factors-as he examines addiction's causes, stages of development, and consequences.

Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception (hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?a=b&item=1829)
Abraham J. Twerski

Using vivid examples and case studies, the author exposes the irrational and contradictory patterns of addictive thinking, and shows how to overcome them and the barriers they create; low self-esteem and relapse.

Buddhist Recovery (www.buddhistrecovery.com)
This website focuses on resources that can help illuminate the Buddhist path to freedom from alcoholism and addiction. For each book listed they have posted two reviews, a list of chapter headings, selected excerpts and a direct link to amazon.com for easy ordering. The web site also has links to articles and web sites on the Buddhist approach to recovery.

Ohr Ki Tov (www.ohr-ki-tov.org)
This organization was created in 1985 by addicted Jews and their families who were participating in 12-Step Recovery Programs and who wanted to learn more about Jewish spiritual practices that could support, supplement and strengthen their recovery. The web site offers articles such as "Judiasim and the Twelve Step Tradition" and links to further resources including telephone consultations with Rabbi Joel Dinnerstein, a psychotherapist addiction counselor and founder of the Jewish Alcoholism and Addiction Counseling Service.

The Tao of Sobriety (amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312242506)
David Gregson and Jay S. Efran

Written by two longtime therapists, this self-help book is designed to work with or without 12-step rograms.  After a brief explanation of Taoism (a Chinese philosophy and religion), the authors present the Tao, a Chinese term meaning "the way," as an ideal vehicle for attaining and maintaining freedom from substance addiction.  Containing anecdotes, exercises (meditations, questions to explore, affirmations) and real-life applications of Taoist precepts, this guide shows how to apply eastern philosophy to enhance recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

The Zen of Recovery (innerself.com/Meditation/What_Is_Zen_by_Mel_Ash.htm)
Mel Ash

Applying the principles of Zen to the Twelve Step philosophy of recovery, this book offers inspiration to achieve spiritual fulfillment and peace.  Drawing from his lifetime of experience as an abused child, alcoholic, Zen student, and dharma teacher, Ash gives readers a solid grounding in the Twelve Steps and the Eightfold Path and shows their useful similarities for those in recovery.

Alcoholics Anonymous
(www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_tableofcnt.cfm)

Alcoholics Anonymous-the Big Book-has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease.

Na Text: Narcotics Anonymous
(www.na.org/catalog/products.htm)

First published in April 1983, this is NA’s primary text. Book One contains ten chapters explaining the NA Fellowship and their program of recovery.

Union Square: The "Scared Straight" of Heroin Addiction

UNION SQUARE explores the world of seven homeless heroin addicts that live in
Union Square Park in New York City. The individuals allowed the film-makers to follow and capture their trials and tribulations while living and hustling on the streets of New York City.