Resources & Recommended Reading

Further information can be found below. Just click on the name and the link will take you to the website:

Understanding Addiction

• Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report
• The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids
• Understanding Drug Use and Addiction

Getting Help

• Substance Use Treatment Locator
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Narcotics Anonymous
• SMART Recovery
• Do You Have a Drinking Problem?

Support for Family and Loved Ones

• Resources for Families Coping with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
• Al-anon Family Groups
• Say Why to Drugs Podcast with Dr. Suzi Gage
  • Cannabis
  • Tobacco
  • Alcohol
  • MDMA
  • Heroin
  • Cocaine
  • Amphetamines
  • Addiction

Further Reading

There is an enormous body of literature on the subject of addiction. Here are just a few titles that we recommend exploring to provide you with more insight into this important issue:

• Lance Dodes – The Heart of Addiction
• William White – Slaying the Dragon
• Caroline Knapp – Drinking: A Love Story
• Gabor Mate – In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
• Maia Szalavity – Unbroken Brain
• Sam Quinones – Dream Land
• Alcoholics Anonymous – The Big Book
• Amitava Dasgupta – The Science of Drinking
• David Nutt – Drugs Without the Hot Air; Booze Control: The Mind-Blowing Science of Alcohol
• Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, & Wilkie Wilson – Buzzed