12-Step Support
Alcoholics Anonymous | www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Al-Anon/Alateen | www.al-anon.org
Adult Children of Alcoholics | www.AdultChildren.org
Debtors Anonymous | www.debtorsanonymous.com
Gamblers Anonymous | www.gamblersanonymous.com
Dual Recovery Anonymous | www.draonline.com
Marijuana Anonymous | www.marijuana-anonymous.com
Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous | www.slaafws.org
NIDA | National Institute of Drug Abuse | The science of drug abuse and addiction.
SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | Improving the quality & availability of substance abuse prevention & treatment.
Buddhist Recovery| The use of Buddhist teachings to help people recover from the suffering caused by addictive behaviors.
Mental Health Care & Additional Resources
NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health | Transforming the understanding & treatment of mental illness through research.
MARC | UCLA Semel Institute | Mindful Awareness Research Center
SAVE | Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
National Child Abuse Hotline
National Center on Elder Abuse
Alcoholism & Addiction Books
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous *(pp. 63-65, 86, 268, 417)
Drinking a Love Story, Author: Caroline Knapp
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Author: Gabor Maté
Smashed, Author: Karen Zailckas
Spiritual Existential Books
Each Day a New Beginning, Author: Karen Horney
Ten Steps to your Best, Author: Rabbi Twerski
The Eight Human Talents, Author: Gurmukh
The Thirteen Petalled Rose, Author: Edin Steinsaltz
The Road Less Traveled, Author: Scott Peck
Eating Disorder Books
Eating in the Light of the Moon, Author: Anita Johnson
Intuitive Eating, Authors: Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
Life Without ED, Author: Jenni Schaefer
The Eating Disorder Sourcebook, Author: Carolyn Costin
Unbearable Lightness, Author: Portia de Rossi
Wasted, Author: Marya Hornbacher
Articles
When Addiction Counselors Relapse by Jeff Forester
Sober Travel Guide by Kristen McGuiness
Study of Brain's Opioid Receptor/Endorphin System Holds Promise for Bulimia Treatment | Science Daily
Specific Regions of Brain Implicated in Anorexia | Science Daily
Anorexia linked to chemical in brain | AP
Supportive Websites & Social Networks
NEDA | National Eating Disorders Association | Providing help & hope to those affected by EDs.
EDA | Eating Disorder Anonymous | *Balance- not abstinence- is the goal.
EDC | Eating Disorder Coalition | An organization with the mission to advance the federal recognition of EDs as a public healthy priority.
Jenni Schaefer | Well renowned author & ED activist.
MentorCONNECT | First global eating disorders mentoring organization.