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Mental Health Support Group
Focusing on Mood Disorders, Anxiety, and Substance Abuse

 
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Substance Abuse
Chronic illness, Chronic pain 

"Managing Pain Before It Manages You", Revised Edition, Margaret A. Caudill-Slosberg and Margaret A. Caudill
"Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain: A Survival Manual (2nd Edition)", Devin J. Starlanyl and Mary Ellen Copeland
"Understanding Chronic Pain: A Doctor Talks to His Patients", Robert T., Jr., M.D. Cochran

 

 

Holistic

"Medicine, Mind and Meaning", Eve A. Wood, M.D.
A psychiatrist's guide to treating the body, mind, and spirit

   
Alcoholism/Codependency

"Daily Reflections", A book of reflections by AA members to be read daily
"Betty Ford Center Book of Answers", James W. West, MD,  FACS, Foreword by Betty Ford.
"Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book)"
"Staying Sober: A Guide for Relapse Prevention"
by Terence T. Gorski, Merlene Miller

 

 

 

Bipolar/Depression

 
       
 
Borderline Personality Disorder
   
Anxiety
      

E-Book

"How to Stop Anxiety Now", David A. Larson, MS-(CLICK ON LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION) A MUST Read!! Money-back guarantee!!! I endorse this wholeheartedly-TB E-Book


Self-Improvement-I personally recommend these. Stephen Covey is an industry leader in Coaching and Motivational Behavior. He helped me to get through some terrible, negative times. I encourage you to try these books. TB

      

Movies

"28 Days"
 Starring Angela Bullock. Severe alcoholic goes to a 28 day rehab. Excellent movie. Very Positive

"When a Man Loves a Woman"
 Starring Meg Ryan and Andie Garcia. This is a portrayal of a pilot who is married to a severe alcoholic wife. They have two children. Meg plays a very realistic role.
"A Beautiful Mind"
 Starring Russel Crowe. Portayal of a Paranoid Schizophrenic who ends up winning the Nobel prize. Award winning!
"Death To Smoochy"
Starring Edward Norton and Robin Williams. Very hilarious comedy. Did you know laughter will brighten the deepest of depression even if just for a moment...

Members' Favorites! This is a compilation of requested members' favorites. I personally have not read all of these but I trust that they are enjoyable as my members say they are. Check them out!

Autobiography/Memoirs   Classic Literature
Scar Tissue - by Anthony Kiedis   Les Miserables - by Victor Hugo
Dry - by Augusten Burroughs   The Color Purple - by Alice Walker
Running With Scissors - by Augusten Burroughs    
Lucky - by Alice Sebold   Fiction (cont'd)
No Excuses - by Kyle Maynard   Evening Class - by Maeve Binchy
    Circle of Friends - by Maeve Binchy
Fiction   Go Ask Alice - by Anonymous
Lovely Bones - by Alice Sebold   We Don't Live Here Anymore - by Andre Dubus
The Rules of Attraction - by Bret Easton Ellis   Shogun - by James Clavell
A Widow For One Year - by John Irving   A Wing and a Prayer - by Mary Selby
The Metamorphosis - by Franz Kafka    
Coming Home - by Rosamunde Pilcher   Horror/Mystery/Suspense/Thrillers
The Horse Whisperer - by Nicholas Evans   The Historian - by Elizabeth Kostova
The Time Traveler's Wife - by Audrey Niffeneger   Half Broken Things - by Morag Joss
The Pillars of the Earth - by Ken Follett   The Thirteenth Tale - by Diane Setterfield
Journeyer - by Gary Jennings   The Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mysteries - by Tony Hillerman
Aztec - by Gary Jennings   The Anna Pigeon mysteries - by Nevada Barr
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - by Lisa See   The Cat mysteries - by Lilian Jackson Braun
     
Self-Help    
"Boundaries" When To Say Yes, When To Say No. by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend   The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook - by Edmund J Bourne
Talking to Anxiety - by Claudia J Strauss   The PTSD Workbook - by Mary Beth Williams, Soili Pojula
Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Woman's Workbook - by Mary Ellen Copeland, Maxine Harris   The Courage to Heal - by Ellen Bass, Laura Davis
Voices of Courage - by Michael J Domitrz   God Will Make A Way - by Dr. John Townsend
Irregular People by Joyce Landorf Heatherly   They F*** You Up: How to Survive Family Life - by Oliver James
Celebrate Your Creative Self: More than 25 Exercises to Unleash the Artist Within - by Mary Todd Beam   Abraham Lincoln's Daily Treasure: Moments of Faith with America's Favorite President - by Thomas Freiling (Editor)
     
Spirituality/Science    
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality - by Dalai Lama, Bstan-'Dzin-Rgy    

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     
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