Addiction Resources for Families

Addict in the Family, Beverly Conyers

What family members can do is find support, set boundaries, detach with love, and eventually discover how to enjoy life whether their loved one finds recovery or not. It  is also a book of comfort, hope, and understanding for anyone struggling with a loved one's addiction.

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Everything Changes, Beverly Conyers

Many changes come with new-found sobriety. This book will help you navigate the many challenges that are part of this stage of recovery, including setting and maintaining boundaries, avoiding enabling, coping with relapse, and, most important, building a fresh, rewarding relationship with your loved one.

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If You Love Me: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Opiod Addiction, Maureen Cavanaugh

The story of a mother who suddenly finds herself on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic as her daughter battles–and ultimately reckons with–substance use disorder. Cavanaugh provides a vivid account of the disease of addiction, the heartbreak it carries, and the message to never give up hope.

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The Joey Song, Sandra Swenson

The Joey Song is the poignant story of a defiant addict and the mother who won't give up on him. She finally realizes that it hurts more to hang on than to let go, and that letting go is not the same thing as giving up. Sandra Swenson beautifully orchestrates a mother's lessons of love and loss, while surviving her son's addiction. 

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Tending Dandelions, Sandra Swenson

In the shadows of our child's struggles with addiction, we find ourselves tending to a life for which we weren't prepared. Yet that place also holds great opportunity for personal growth. These meditations provide encouragement and understanding for those who are realizing that recovery rarely follows a neat or comfortable path. 

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The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown

Our embarrassments and fears often lie to us. They tell us we are not worthy. But we are. Both parents and their addicted children need to cultivate feelings of self-worth, as well as acceptance and love for themselves. Brené Brown shows us how to dig deep to find gratitude and our truth.

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The Lost Years, Kristina Wandzilak and Constance Curry

A mother and addicted daughter tell their stories in alternating voices. The Lost Years is a beautifully written memoir of survival and transformation that reminds us all that so much good can come from so much that is bad.

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Hazelden Publishing

    As the leading publisher of addiction recovery and self-help books, Hazelden Publishing provides resources to help those suffering from a substance use disorder and their families learn to recognize, understand and overcome addiction.