Addiction Recovery Resources: Alternative Approaches
Mutual Support Meetings – Books – Podcasts – Teachers/Websites
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Mutual Support Meetings
- Smart Recovery – “free and open to anyone seeking science-based, self empowered addiction recovery.”
- Women For Sobriety – support program “tailored specifically for women overcoming substance use disorders (SUDs)…[using] supportive, empowering, secular, and life-affirming principles.”
- Recovery Dharma – “using Buddhist practices and principles to heal the suffering of addiction.”
- Y12SR – Yoga of 12 Step Recovery – “couples the practical tools of 12 step programs and cognitive addiction methodologies, with the ancient art and science of yoga, neuroscience and trauma healing.”
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
- Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
Books
- Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, Tara Brach, Ph.D.
- One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps, Kevin Griffin
- Yoga of Recovery: Integrating Yoga and Ayurveda with Modern Recovery Tools for Addiction, Durga Leela
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Gabor Mate, M.D.
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
- Recovery Dharma: How to Use Buddhist Practices and Principles to Heal the Suffering of Addiction, Various Authors
- Embodied Resilience through Yoga: 30 Mindful Essays About Finding Empowerment After Addiction, Trauma, Grief, and Loss, Various Authors
- The Heart of The Buddha’s Teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh
Podcasts
- Maia Szalavitz – On Addiction
“In this paradigm-shifting interview, Maia Szalavitz explains that addiction is a learning disorder, a developmental disorder, which is a different way of thinking of addiction than it being a disease or a moral failing.”
- Gabor Mate – On Addiction
“A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development. [He says that] the fundamental question is not “Why the Addiction” but “Why the Pain.”
Teachers/Websites
- Open Path Collective – https://openpathcollective.org/
“Our nonprofit allows therapists to provide affordable, in-office and online psychotherapy sessions between $40 and $70 ($30 for student intern sessions). As long as there is a financial need, our lifetime membership will allow you to see anyone in our network for the rates listed above.”
- Dianne Bondy – https://diannebondyyoga.com/
“a social justice activist, author, accessible yoga teacher, and the leader of the Yoga For All movement.”
- Accessible Yoga Association – https://accessibleyoga.org/
“Accessible Yoga believes that all people—regardless of ability or background—deserve equal access to yoga. Through education and advocacy, we share the teachings and benefits of yoga with those who have been marginalized.”
- Tara Brach, Ph.D. – https://www.tarabrach.com/
“Tara Brach’s teachings blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices, mindful attention to our inner life, and a full, compassionate engagement with our world. The result is a distinctive voice in Western Buddhism, one that offers a wise and caring approach to freeing ourselves and society from suffering.”
- Dr. Kristin Neff – https://self-compassion.org/
“During Kristin’s last year of graduate school she became interested in Buddhism and has been practicing meditation in the Insight Meditation tradition ever since. While doing her post-doctoral work she decided to conduct research on self-compassion – a central construct in Buddhist psychology and one that had not yet been examined empirically. Kristin is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, creating a scale to measure the construct almost 20 years ago.”
- Hip Sobriety – https://www.hipsobriety.com/
Started in 2014 “to tell my story, give a very different perspective on both alcohol and recovery, and offer tools and resources.” Holly says she “wanted something that felt more desirable than drinking, something that offered me better than what I had. I wanted a modern, affordable, beautiful, accessible, empowering, self-directed recovery that reflected who I was as an individual, only that didn’t exist. So I created what I wanted: a different kind of recovery. Recovery that didn’t feel like a consequence, recovery that didn’t suck.”
- The Phoenix – https://thephoenix.org/
“The Phoenix’s mission is to build a sober active community that fuels resilience and harnesses the transformational power of connection so that together we rise, recover, and live. We offer classes and events across the country and online. So take that first step towards finding your inner and outer strength.”