Top 10 Must Read Books on Addiction Coaching

10 Books for Every Addiction Coach

A great way to fully comprehend the components of functioning in this sector is to read books. With so many options accessible, it might be difficult to narrow down a list of essential readings.

Here are our top suggestions for Addiction Coaching Books:

1. Rewired: A Bold New Approach To Addiction and Recovery

The book was published on April 28, 2015 by  Erica Spiegelman. Author Erica Spiegelman’s book, which is regarded as one of the best on addiction recovery in recent memory, lays out a route to recovery that is empowering and simple to follow.

The book argues that living in accordance with twelve potent, time-tested principles such as honesty, evolution, solitude, love, compassion, and hope will lead to a good recovery. The book argues that living in accordance with twelve potent, time-tested principles such as honesty, evolution, solitude, love, compassion, and hope will lead to a good recovery.

• Change your focus, and you’ll inevitably make healthy decisions that revive your body, mind, and spirit.
• The book contains intention-setting, action-oriented affirmations that will assist you in preventing addiction.

2. Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy

The book was published on April 2, 2013 by David Sheff. He investigated the most recent findings in psychology, neurology, and medicine while spending time with several scientists, medical professionals, counselors, addicts, and their families. In Clean, he describes the true nature of addiction and offers solutions for overcoming it.

A completely updated lexicon of words, extra abbreviations, and updated appendices are all available to readers. These will help explain the quite complex and scientifically based advancements in our understanding of neuroscience and genetics studies that are so important in comprehending why addiction is such a terrible and challenging condition.

• It is a condition that may be prevented and treated, not a moral shortcoming. 
• The treatments that are most likely to be effective are based on research, just like with other illnesses, rather than on belief, custom, penitence, or wishful thinking.

3. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction

The book was published on January 5, 2010, by GABOR MATÉ. The Realm of Hungry Ghosts takes a comprehensive approach to dramatically re-envision this widely misunderstood profession, drawing on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his revolutionary work with the seriously addicted on Vancouver’s skid row.

It opposes modern health, social, and criminal justice approaches to addiction and those affected by it with strong arguments. The book is beneficial to both lay readers and professionals due to its blend of human stories including the author’s open admission of his own “high-status” addictive tendencies and science with helpful answers.

• A non-traditional guide to addiction treatment, greater integration of addicts into society, and dispelling many of the myths around addiction.
• Examines the prevalence of addictions in our culture, the factors that make people so vulnerable to them, and the steps that must be taken to free ourselves from their control over our feelings and actions.

4. Nothing Good Can Come from This: Essays

The book was published on August 7, 2018, by Kristi Coulter. With compassion and wit, Kristi Coulter explores the unpolished, quietly captivating terrain of new sobriety.

This book explores generative discomfort, unexpected sources of beauty, and the peculiar, frequently amusing business of being human.

• Unexpected discomfort, unexpected sources of beauty, and the peculiar, frequently amusing business of being human are all topics covered in this book.
• Perfect for anyone who has ever stood in the middle of a so-called perfect life and looked for an escape hatch.

5. Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions

The book was published on September 21 2017 by Russell Brand. She shares the guidance and experience he has received over the course of his fourteen years of recovery in his writing, which is a remarkable combination of honesty, humor, and compassion about his own extraordinary story.

Speaks to folks who are struggling with addictions of all kinds, including those to caffeine, sweets, alcohol, drugs, stress, terrible relationships, digital media, and fame. It demonstrates how various forms of addiction exist and how maintaining sobriety, sanity, and freedom from addiction is a daily endeavor.

• We are all somewhere on the scale because the culture of addiction that consumerism and materialism are fostering keeps us there.
• The 12 Steps are a straightforward system. composed of age-old rules for controlling our inner lives so that we can interact with reality.

6. Addicted to the Monkey Mind: Change the Programming That Sabotages Your Life

The book was published on August 29, 2018, by J.F.Benoist. Experiential Engagement Therapy (EET), a technique developed by JF, is used at the renowned skills-based facility to teach clients how to make changes that stay.JF is also the author of Addicted to the Monkey Mind, a best-selling self-help book.

You’ll discover why our thoughts are so unpredictable, why our emotions occasionally spiral out of control, why some days we feel great but other days we’re so anxious that we drink, use drugs, yell at our partners, ruin our relationships, ruin our careers, or feel so depressed that we can’t even get out of bed. Because we were raised to believe that only internal variables affect our experiences, the majority of us are mired in these never-ending, destructive cycles.

• This book serves as a step-by-step manual for bringing about long-lasting change.
• Dependent on the Monkey Mind provides a toolkit of useful techniques to change self-defeating, ingrained thought patterns and learn practical techniques to overcome addiction and crippling habits; resolve relationship problems; replace burnout with passion; and sustain an enduring joy.

7. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

The book was published on August 27, 2010, by Brené Brown. This book’s goal is to encourage readers to embrace their flaws and accept themselves for who they are rather than making a concerted effort to live a phony life in an effort to please others.

Every day, society and the media bombard us with images and messages that tell us what, who, and how we ought to be. The book tells us everything, and if we could just look flawless and live perfect lives, we wouldn’t feel inadequate.

• How we can develop the bravery, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and consider good and terrible, Brown engages our minds, hearts, and spirits.
• A method of interacting with the world in a worthy manner.

8. Alcoholism: How to Deal With an Alcoholic Partner

The book was published on January 3, 2014, by Stefanie May. She provides addiction treatment for patients. Her path starts after a difficult family history involving addictions to alcohol and other substances. 

This book aims to help you take back control of your life without experiencing the upheaval that comes with cohabiting with an active drinker. Author Stephanie May explains helpful new ways of thinking and acting in the pages of this special guide, helping partners of alcoholics change the unhelpful habits they have been stuck in for years.

• How to spot alcoholism in a loved one’s behavior
• How to deal with an alcoholic and assist them in achieving sober
• How drinking too much affects both men and women
• How to handle a denial-based alcoholic relationship
• How to properly use your willpower and reclaim control over your life.

9. Mastering the Addicted Brain: Building a Sane and Meaningful Life to Stay Clean

The book was published on August 15, 2017 by Dr Walter Ling. Dr Walter Ling has dealt with tens of thousands of addicts, as well as their family members and other professionals. His no-nonsense, no-judgment programme, which he refers to as the “neuroscience of common sense,” promotes all-encompassing techniques to avoid relapse and form new patterns that will lead to a meaningful, sustainable life.

For anyone battling addiction, cohabiting with an addict, or assisting someone with an addiction The majority of drug and alcohol abusers eventually come to the realization that bad habits can’t be broken by having only good intentions. However, once its true nature is understood, addiction can be controlled.

• Walks you through the process of creating a life after addiction by acquiring new habits that bring about long-lasting change step-by-step.
• Addiction can be managed once its true nature is understood.

10. Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering From Addiction

The book was published on June 10, 2014, by Noah Levine. He has developed Refuge Rehabilitation, a Buddhist approach to addiction recovery that combines peer-led sessions and a medical treatment facility.

While many people urgently require the 12-step recovery program’s assistance, the conventional AA model’s emphasis on an external higher power has the potential to alienate those who don’t agree with its beliefs of religion. Refuge Recovery is a methodical approach founded on Buddhist teachings that combine psychological, scientific, and atheistic insight.

• Created for anyone interested in a non-theistic method of healing and requires no prior training in either meditation or Buddhism.
• Contains regular meditation routines, written research on the factors that lead to our addictions, and guidance and inspiration for finding or starting a community that will support your healing and awakening.