# Resources for our recovery **URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/resources-for-our-recovery/52812 **Category:** Knowledge **Created:** [January 30, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/resources-for-our-recovery/52812 "2019-01-30T19:39:11Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![SassyRocks](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/sassyrocks/32/104454_2.png) [@SassyRocks](https://talkingsober.com/u/SassyRocks) #### Post date: [January 30, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/resources-for-our-recovery/52812/1 "2019-01-30T19:39:11Z")
There are so many helpful resources available to us on our sober journeys. I wanted to share this list for those who are interested in non traditional resources. Please note: I created this thread with alcohol recovery in mind and it is U.S. based as well. As a straight white past middle age woman (SassyRocks), it is based on what resonated and helped me in my journey. Over time, I have added in resources for some other addictions (found at the end of this post), but it is heavy with resources for alcohol recovery for women. Books and memoirs are ones I have read. **Love their work** Sarah Blondin’s meditations, podcasts and book are beautiful and healing… [liveawake] ([Podcast](https://www.sarahblondin.com/podcast)) Annie Grace’s book changed my life and helped push my journey forward… [This Naked Mind](https://thisnakedmind.com/) Two women I adore and deeply respect. Their work helps me grow… Laura McKowen and Holly Whitaker… [HOME] ([Unsupported browser](https://open.spotify.com/show/0mtPHHavw0O1gLvO5xrJOM)) ([https://insighttimer.com/](https://insighttimer.com/)) Insight Timer…check out meditations, etc by Sarah Blondin, SonicYogi and davidj. All are brilliant! ([https://www.cherylstrayed.com/](https://www.cherylstrayed.com/)) Cheryl Strayed…anything she has created. Tempest has many resources and information… [Tempest](https://jointempest.com/) **Holistic therapies** Physical activity (walking is a great place to start) Vitamin therapy Yoga Meditation (try guided to begin and/or guided sleep meditations) Mindfulness (suggested 1st reading: you are here by Thich Nhat Hanh and/or Pocket Pema Chodron) Acupuncture/acupressure Reiki Breathwork Nutritional therapy Essential oils Sounds therapy (sound baths…Sonic Yogi) LuciaLight therapy Somatic therapy Talk therapy Crystal healing therapy Creating nurturing rituals (warm baths) **Keeping a list of why you no longer drink, and reading it often** > [@Describe ur recovery process?](https://talkingsober.com/t/describe-ur-recovery-process/124230/16): > > Glad it resonated with you! I also learned about keeping that list from here…as well as so much more…all vital to my sobriety and recovery. Talking Sober is a fantastic resource if you use it. I will share some of my list to help get you started. What I will gain from not drinking and how I want to live my life… Feel healthy, clear and strong - mentally and physically No hangovers ever!! Treating my husband with respect and no drunk fighting Self respect gets a major boost No m… **Books / Memoirs** _#1 pick:_ Quit Like A Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed With Alcohol by Holly Whitaker _#2 pick:_ This Naked Mind by Annie Grace _Others, in no particular order…_ We Are The Luckiest by Laura McKowen The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray A Girl Walks out of a Bar by Lisa Smith Broken People by Sam Lansky Strip by Hannah Sward The Recovering by Leslie Jamison Blackout: Remembering the things I drank to forget by Sarah Hepola Last Call by Nancy Carr Parched by Heather King Drinking, A Love Story Unwasted, My Lush Sobriety Blackout, Remembering the things I drank to forget Hopeful Healing by Mackenzie Phillips Saturation by Jennifer Place A Happier Hour by Rebecca Weller High on Arrival by Mackenzie Phillips Under the Influence by Joyce Maynard On Writing by Stephen King Long Time Gone by David Crosby Drink: The Intimate Relationship between Women and Alcohol Dry by Augusten Burroughs A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill Many Roads, One Journey: Moving Beyond the 12 Steps by Charlotte Davis Kasl you are here by Thich Nhat Hahn The Easy Way to Stop Drinking by Allen Carr The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk **Extensive list of quit lit / recovery / memoirs I have read** > [@What kinds of books do you like or recommend?](https://talkingsober.com/t/what-kinds-of-books-do-you-like-or-recommend/79292/4): > > Here are some of the recovery books/ memoirs/quit lit that I found enlightening … This Naked Mind by Annie Grace Push Off From Here by Laura McKowen Quit Like A Woman by Holly Whitaker We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life by Laura McKowen Many Roads, One Journey: Moving Beyond the 12 Steps by Charlotte Davis Kasl Last Call by Nancy Carr I’m Just Happy to Be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering by Janelle Hanchett The Sober Diaries The Gilded Razor by Sam Lansky (maj… **Support Groups / Community** Of course, my #1 choice for community is _Talking Sober_, right here. ❤ Holistic approach/Seek Healing ([Https://www.seekhealing.org](Https://www.seekhealing.org)) 7cups (listeners for emotional support) [https://www.7cups.com/](https://www.7cups.com/) The Alcohol Experiment (30 day free challenge from Annie Grace, This Naked Mind) [The Alcohol Experiment](https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/the-alcohol-experiment-registration) Women for Sobriety [WFS](Https://womenforsobriety.org) [Buddhist Recovery](Https://www.buddhistrecovery.org) [Refuge Recovery (A Buddhist inspired path to recovery)](https://refugerecovery.org) [Recovery Dharma (Another Buddhist inspired path to recovery)](https://recoverydharma.org/) SMART Recovery [SMART](Https://www.smartrecovery.org) Secular Organizations for Sobriety [SOS](Https://www.sossobriety.org) AA/12 Step [AA](https://www.aa.org) Narcotics Anonymous [http://m.na.org/](http://m.na.org/) **Medications** Acamprosate / Campral Naltrexone / Revia / Vivitrol Disulfiram / Antabuse Topiramate / Topimax Ondansetron / Zofran **Indepth thread of online meeting resources** [Online Meeting Resources](https://talkingsober.com/t/online-meeting-resources/83966) **Behaviour-focused recovery groups** Self-Abuse Finally Ends (S.A.F.E. Alternatives) (treatment for self-harm behaviour) (also includes a list of useful hotlines / text lines) [www.selfinjury.com](http://www.selfinjury.com/) Sexaholics Anonymous [www.sa.org](http://www.sa.org/) Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous [www.slaafws.org](http://www.slaafws.org/) Gamblers Anonymous [www.gamblersanonymous.org](http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/) Emotions Anonymous (for those with a desire to improve emotional wellbeing) [https://emotionsanonymous.org/](https://emotionsanonymous.org/) - USA [https://www.emotionsanonymous.org.uk/](https://www.emotionsanonymous.org.uk/) - UK **Groups for partners and family of people in recovery** Sober Families (Community Reinforcement and Family Training approach to help get loved ones into treatment) ([https://soberfamilies.com/](https://soberfamilies.com/)) Al-Anon / Alateen (family & friends of people in recovery from alcohol) [Al-Anon Family Groups](https://al-anon.org/) Nar-Anon (family & friends of people in recovery from narcotics) [Nar-Anon Family Groups](https://www.nar-anon.org/) Gam-Anon (for family and friends of people with a gambling addiction) [www.gam-anon.org](http://www.gam-anon.org/) S-Anon (family & friends of people in recovery from sex addiction) [www.sanon.org](http://www.sanon.org/) **Locating treatment programs** Find specific services, mental health and substance use disorder treatment ([Https://findtreatment.gov/](Https://findtreatment.gov/)) Atlas Treatment locator ([Https://treatmentatlas.org](Https://treatmentatlas.org)) **Hotlines & text lines** [US Suicide & Crisis Lifeline](https://988lifeline.org) Call or text 988 The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States. Website also offers an immediate chat box. Hotlines & text lines for USA & International, for many different crises (grief, self-harm, suicide, abuse, assault, and many others) [www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help](http://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help) Self-Abuse Finally Ends (S.A.F.E. Alternatives) (treatment for self-harm behaviour) (also includes a list of useful hotlines / text lines) [www.selfinjury.com](http://www.selfinjury.com/) Samaritans UK - Call 116 123 any time, whatever you’re going through. (Also see [https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/if-youre-having-difficult-time/other-sources-help/](https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/if-youre-having-difficult-time/other-sources-help/) for a list of other organisations offering specialist support) --- _[View the full topic](https://talkingsober.com/t/resources-for-our-recovery/52812)._