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Recommended books

The following books are often used by participants within 12-step programs and therapy. We have found them to be helpful for finding and living the new recovery life.The views of the authors come out of their own personal research and therapy with people in recovery.This is non-SLAA literature. For program literature, go here. With affiliate

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Program Books

Recommended Program Reading Daily Meditation Books Other 12-step Programs Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Much of the AA material is available to download for free. Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Sex Addicts Anonymous Adult Children of Alcoholics and other dysfunctional families (ACA or ACoA) Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA)

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Sexual Anorexia

What is anorexia? We offer this definition: “As an eating disorder, anorexia is defined as the compulsive avoidance of food. In the area of sex and love, anorexia has a similar definition: Anorexia is the compulsive avoidance of giving or receiving social, sexual, or emotional nourishment.” Patrick Carnes, the pioneering author on addiction and recovery,

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Recovery Google Drive

All of the files on this website, plus many more, are included in a Google Drive folder that you can add to your own account. 1 Introduction 2 Sponsorship 3 Meetings 4 Sober Dating 5 Other Resources 6 Other Programs 7 Anorexia https://www.playbook.com/s/gusrecovery/recovery/ SASH The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health provides a great

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The Cycle of Sex Addiction

by Robert Weiss MSW It’s no secret that addictions of all types are cyclical in nature, with one stage leading to the next, and then the next, leaving the addict mired in a seemingly endless downwardly spiraling loop. With sex addiction, various versions of the addictive cycle have been proposed. The first of these appeared

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