making sense of my world
by artist Helen Shaddock

Resources supporting recovery

Recovery Books

RECOVERY STORIES

 

Stand Tall Little Girl: Facing Up to Anorexia

Hope Virgo, 2022

 

Rainbow Girl: A Memoir of Autism and Anorexia

Livia Sara, 2023

 

Weight expectations : one man’s recovery from anorexia

Dave Chawner, 2018

 

Eating disorders don’t discriminate : stories of illness, hope and recovery from diverse voices

Chukwuemeka Nwuba, Bailey Spinn, 2024

 

How I rescued my brain : a psychologist’s remarkable recovery from stroke and trauma

David Roland, 2015

 

Mind on fire : a memoir of madness and recovery

Arnold Thomas Fanning, 2018

 

Billy, me & you : a memoir of grief and recovery

Nicola Streeten, 2011

 

Coming clean : diary of a painkiller addict

Cathryn Kemp, 2017

 

Good girls : a story and study of anorexia

Hadley Freeman, 2023

 

An apple a day : a memoir of love and recovery from anorexia

Emma Woolf, 2012

 

Broken movement : the neurobiology of motor recovery after stroke

John W Krakauer, S. Thomas Carmichael author, 2017

 

Strung Out: 1 Last Hit & Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me

Erin Khar, 2020

 

Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy

Eilene Zimmerman, 2020

 

BACK ON TRACKmarks: From Hopeless to Dopeless

Matt Peterson, 2019

 

Spirit Junkie: A Radical Road to Self-Love and Miracles

Gabrielle Bernstein, 2011

 

Scar Tissue

Anthony Kiedis & Larry Sloman, 2004

 

A Million Little Pieces

James Frey, 2003

 

A Happier Hour

Rebecca Weller, 2016

 

Drinking: A Love Story

Caroline Knapp, 1996

 

High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict’s Double Life

Tiffany Jenkins, 2019

 

Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir

Lisa Smith, 2016

 

Dry

Augusten Burroughs, 2003

 

How to Murder Your Life: A Memoir

Cat Marnell, 2016

 

Drunk Mom: A Memoir

Jowita Bydlowska, 2013

 

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cheryl Strayed, 2012

 

Letting Go of the Thief: “A Ninety Day Journey Inside the Thoughts of an Alcoholic.“

Pamela D Pesta, 2018

 

Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too

Jenni Schaefer, 2003

 

Brain over Binge: Why I Was Bulimic, Why Conventional Therapy Didn’t Work, and How I Recovered for Good

Kathryn Hansen, 2014

 

 

GENERAL RECOVERY BOOKS

 

Wellbeing, recovery and mental health

Mike Slade, Lindsay G. Oades, Aaron Jarden, 2017

 

Recovery : the lost art of convalescence

Gavin Francis, 2022

 

Trauma and recovery

Judith Lewis Herman, 2015

 

Anorexia nervosa and recovery : a hunger for meaning

Karen Way, 1993

 

Families in recovery : coming full circle

Carolyn Seval Brooks, Kathleen Fitzgerald Rice, 1997

 

The Chemically dependent : phases of treatment and recovery

Barbara C Wallace, 1992

 

After the suicide : helping the bereaved to find a path from grief to recovery

Kari Dyregrov, Einar Plyhn, Gudrun Dieserud, 2012

 

What it takes to thrive : techniques for severe trauma and stress recovery

John Henden, 2018

 

Body image problems and body dysmorphic disorder : the definitive survival and recovery approach

Lauren Callaghan, Annemarie O’Connor, Chloe Catchpole, 2017

 

Demystifying anorexia nervosa : an optimistic guide to understanding and healing

Alexander R. Lucas, 2004

 

This naked mind : control alcohol, find freedom, discover happiness & change your life

Annie Grace, 2019

 

Addiction therapy and treatment : a systems approach

Larry Fritzlan, Avis Rumney, Brad M. Reedy, 2023

 

Alcoholism : causes, symptoms, effects and treatment

Vinod K. Shanwal, B. S. Chhikara, 2022

 

 

 

SELF-HELP BOOKS

 

Hope Through Recovery: Your Guide to Moving Forward when in Recovery from an Eating Disorder

Hope Virgo, 2021

 

Supporting autistic people with eating disorders : a guide to adapting treatment and supporting recovery

Kate Tchanturia, 2021

 

Getting Better Bite by Bite: A Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders

Ulrike Schmidt, Janet Treasure and June Alexander, 1993

 

The Compassionate Mind Approach to Beating Overeating Using Compassion Focused Therapy

Ken Goss, 2011

 

Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa 2nd Edition: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques

Patricia Graham and Christopher Freeman, 2019

 

Overcoming Binge Eating 2nd Edition: The Proven Program to Learn Why You Binge and How You Can Stop

Christopher Fairburn, 2013

 

Beating Your Eating Disorder: A Cognitive Behavioural Self-Help Guide for Adult Sufferers and their Carers

Glen Waller, Victoria Mountford, Rachel Lawson, Emma Gray, Helen Cordery and Hendrik Hinrichsen, 2010

 

Anorexia and other Eating Disorders: how to help your child eat well and be well: Practical solutions, compassionate communication tools and emotional support for parents of children and teenagers

Eva Musby, 2014

 

Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder (2nd edition)

James Lock and Daniel Le Grange, 2015

 

Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach

Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, 2020

 

Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder: The New Maudsley Method (2nd edition)

Janet Treasure, Gráinne Smith and Anna Crane, 2016

 

The poetry pharmacy : tried-and-true prescriptions for the mind, heart and soul

William Sieghart, 2017

 

The poetry cure

Julia Darling, Cynthia Fuller, 2005

 

The Gifts of Imperfection

Brene Brown, 2010

 

You Are a Badass

Jen Sincero, 2013

 

The Untethered Soul

Michael A. Singer, 2007

 

Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction

Maia Szalavitz, 2016

 

Being Sober: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting To, Getting Through, and Living in Recovery

Dr. Harry Haroutunian, foreword by Steven Tyler, 2013

 

Rewired: A Bold New Approach to Addiction and Recovery

Erica Spiegelman, 2015

 

Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions

Russell Brand, 2017

 

Addiction Recovery Manual

Allen Griggs, 2020

 

The Recovery Book: Answers to All Your Questions About Addiction and Alcoholism and Finding Health and Happiness in Sobriety

Al J. Mooney, Catherine Dold, Howard Eisenberg, Foreword by Harry Haroutunian, 2014

 

Mindful Recovery: A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction

Dr. Thomas Bien and Beverly Bien, 2002

 

The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery: A Practical Guide to Regaining Control Over Your Life

Dr. Lawrence Peltz, 2013

 

The Essential Guidebook to Mindfulness in Recovery: The Essence of Mindfulness

John Bruna, 2019

 

One Mindful Day at a Time: 365 Meditations for Living in the Now

Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt, 2017

 

The Gift of Recovery: 52 Mindful Ways to Live Joyfully Beyond Addiction

Dr. Rebecca E. Williams and Julie S. Kraft, 2018

 

Mindfulness Skills Workbook for Addiction: Practical Meditations and Exercises to Change Addictive Behaviors

Morgan Fitzgerald, 2020

 

Eating disorder recovery journal

Cara Lisette author, 2022

 

Unpack Your Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery for Adolescents in Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa: 1 

Maria Ganci and Linsey Atkins, 2019