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
Anthony Kiedis & Larry Sloman, 2004
James Frey, 2003
A Happier Hour
Rebecca Weller, 2016
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
Augusten Burroughs, 2003
How to Murder Your Life: A Memoir
Cat Marnell, 2016
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
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
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
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
Julia Darling, Cynthia Fuller, 2005
Brene Brown, 2010
Jen Sincero, 2013
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
Allen Griggs, 2020
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
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