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Recommended Reading Topics

Many of these books and more can be purchased at Gentle Path Press.

Recovery & 12-Step Books
Co-Dependency
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Sex Addiction
Co-Sex Addiction
Family of Origin
Trauma
Sexual Abuse
Money Issues
Women's Issues
Men's Issues
Spirituality & Mediation

Recovery & 12-Step Books

Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism - (Anon)
Al-Anon's Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions - (Anon)
Alateen - a Day at a Time - (Anon)
Alateen - Hope for Children of Alcoholics - (Anon)
Alcoholics Anonymous - (Anon)
Codependents Anonymous - (Anon)
Having Had a Spiritual Awakening - (Anon)
Hope for Today - (Anon)
One Day at a Time in Al-Anon - (Anon)
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous - (Anon)
The Addictive Personality - (Craig Nakken)
The Courage to Change - (Anon)
The Dilemma of the Alcoholic Marriage - (Anon)
Trust the Process - (Shaun Mcniff)
Twelve Steps for Adult Children - (Veronica Ray)
Twelve Steps for Overeaters - (Anon)
Twelve Steps Prayer Book - (Anon)

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Co-Dependency

Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin - (Anne Katherine)
Choice Making - (Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse)
Codependency, Sexuality and Depression – (William E. Thornton)
Codependent No More - (Melody Beattie)
Facing Codependence - (Pia Melody & Andrea Miller)
Is It Love or Is It Addiction? - (Brenda Schaeffer)
Learning to Say No - (Charle Wills-Brandon)
Living in the Comfort Zone: The Gift of Boundaries in Relationships - (Rokelle Lerner)
The Drama of the Gifted Child – (Alice Miller)



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Adult Children of Alcoholics

Adult Children of Alcoholics - (Janet G. Woititz)
Grandchildren of Alcoholics: Another Generation of Codependency - (Ann W. Smith)
Healthy Parenting: An Empowering Guide for Adult Children - (Janet G. Woititz)
It Will Never Happend to Me - (Claudia Black)
Marriage on the Rocks - (Janet G. Woititz)
My Dad Loves Me, My Dad has a Disease - (Claudia Black)


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Sex Addiction

A Gentle Path Through the 12 Steps - (Patrick Carnes)
Contrary to Love - (Patrick Carnes)
Cruise Control - (Rob Weiss)
Cybersex Unhooked - (David Delmonico & Elizabeth Griffin)
Disclosing Secrets - (Deborah Corley & Jennifer Schneider)
Don't Call it Love - (Patrick Carnes)
Facing the Shadow - (Patrick Carnes)
In the Shadows of the Net - (Patrick Carnes, David Delmonico, & Elizabeth Griffin)
Out of the Shadows - (Patrick Carnes)
Sexual Anorexia - (Patrick Carnes)
The Betrayal Bond - (Patrick Carnes)
The Clinical Management of Sex Addiction - (Patrick Carnes)
Women, Sex & Addiction - (Charlotte Kasl)


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Co-Sex Addiction

Back from Betrayal - (Jennifer Schneider)
Healing Together - (Wayne Ktritsberg)
Open Hearts - (Patrick Carnes, Mark Laaser, Deborah Laaser)
Rebuilding Trust - (Jennifer Schneider & Burt Schneider)
Relationships in Recovery - (Emily Marlin)
Sex, Lies and Forgiveness - (Jennifer Schneider & Burth Schneider)
Women Who Love Sex Addicts - (Douglas Weiss & Donna DeBusk)


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Family of Origin

Changing Course - (Claudia Black)
Healing the Child Within - (Charles Whitfield)
Healing the Shame that Binds You - (John Bradshaw)
It Will Never Happen to Me - (Claudia Black)



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Trauma

The Betrayal Bond - (Patrick Carnes)
Walking the Tiger - (Peter Levine & Ann Frederick)
Heartwounds - (Tian Dayton)
Trauma and Addiction - (Tian Dayton)



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Sexual Abuse

Abused Boys - (Mic Hunter)
Against Our Will - (Susan Brownmiller)
Silently Seduced - (Kenneth Adams)
The Courage to Heal - (Laura Bass)
Victims No Longer - (Mike Lew)

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Money Issues

Deadly Odds - (Ken Estes & Mike Brubaker)
Money and the Meaning of Life - (Jacob Needleman)
Money Drunk, Money Sober - (Mark Bryan & Julia Cameron)

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Women's Issues

Father Hunger - Margo Maine
Mending A Shattered Heart - Stephanie Carnes
My Mother, Myself - (Nancy Friday) Perfect Daughters - (Hope Edelman)
Ready to Heal - Kelly McDaniel
She Has a Secret - (Douglas Weiss)
The Princess Who Believed in Fairy Tales - (Marcia Grad)
Women Who Hurt Themselves - (Dusty Miller)
Women Who Love Sex Addicts - (Douglas Weiss &am Diane DeBusk)
Women, Anger and Depression - (Lois Frankel)
Women, Sex and Addiction - (Charlotte Kasl)



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Men's Issues

Fire in the Belly - (Sam Keen)
If Only He Knew - (Gary Smalley & Norma Smalley)
Longing for Dad - (Beth Erickson)
The Knight in Rusty Armor - (Robert Fisher)



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Spirituality

Addiction and Grace - (Gerald G. May)
Answers in the Heart - (Anon)
Days of Healing, Days of Joy - (Anon)
Each Day a New Beginning - (Karen Casey)
Food for Thought: Daily Meditations for Dieters and Overeaters - (Anon)
Journey to the Heart - (Melody Beattie)
The Courage to Change - (Anon)
The Language of Letting Go - (Melody Beattie)
The Spirituality of Imperfection - (Ernest Kurtz & Stephanie Ketchum)
Yesterday's Tomorrow: Recovery Meditations for Hard Cases - (Barry L.)



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