Recommended Reading
List of Resources
The Last High
By Daniel Kalla, Fiction: Addiction
Indigenous Relations, Insights, Tips and Suggestions to Make Reconciliation a Reality
By Bob Joseph & Cynthia F. Joseph, Indigenous/Aboriginal peoples
Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership
By Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal, Leadership
Drink: The Intimate Relationship between Women and Alcohol
By Ann Dowsett Johnston, Non-fiction: Memoir
Five Little Indians
By Michelle Good, Fiction:Memoir
Leaders Eat Last
By Simon Sinek, Leadership
"Knowing or not knowing": Living as harm reductionists in Twelve Step recovery
By Kim Gannon, Emily Pasman, Lived experience
Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption
By William Cope Moyers, Non-fiction: Memoir
Rachel
By Marian Keyes, Non-fiction: Memoir
MHCC-W2A Rainbow Youth Health Forum: Creating Safer for 2SLGBTQ+ Emerging Adults in Health Care
By Mental Health Commission of Canada and Wisdom2Action, Report
Harm Reduction: A new direction for drug policies and programs
By Patricia G. Erickson, Diane M. Riley, Yuet W. Cheung, Patrick A. O’Hare, Report
Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) Resource Guide
By SAMHSA, Report – Best Practices
Reconciliation Over Coffee: 30 things to Know About Indigenous Reconciliation
By Cheryl Matthew, Reconciliation
A Knock on the Door
By Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Report
Peer Recovery Support: Evolving Roles and Settings: A Literature Review
By Peer Recovery Center of Excellence, Report – Best Practices
Optomizing Recovery Funding, Peer Recovery Center of Excellence
By Peer Recovery Center of Excellence, Report – Best Practices
Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Tehcnical Assistance Center Strategy
By SAMHSA, Report – Best Practices
A primer on recovery residences: Frequently asked questions
By National Association of Recovery Residences, Report – Best Practices
Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truch and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
By Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Report – Call to Action
The Molecule of More
By Daniel Lieberman, Research and Theory
Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services
By SAMHSA, Report – Best Practices
Access Transforming Healthcare: A guide to Best Practices in LBGTIA+ Cultural Competency Training
By Whitman-Walker Institute and the National LGBT Cancer Network, Report – Best Practices
A Decade of Peer Culture, Support & Leadership: Igniting Behavioral Health Transformation in Philadelphia
By Philadelphia’s Dept. Of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, Report – Evidence Base Practice: Peer Support
Dopamine Nation
By Anna Lembke, Research and Theory
The Urge: Our History with Addiction
By Carl Erik Fisher, Research and Theory
The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease
By Marc Lewis, Research and Theory
Research and Reconciliation
By Shawn Wilson, Andrea V. Breen, Lindsay DuPré, Research and Theory
Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods
By Shawn Wilson, Research and Theory
The Globalization of Addiction
By Bruce K. Alexander, Research and Theory
Decolonizing Data: Unsettling Conversations about Social Research Methods
By Jacqueline M. Quinless, Research and Theory
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples
By Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Research and Theory
The Hidden Life of Trees
By Peter Wohlleben, Tim Flannery, Research and Theory
The Pursuit of Oblivion: The Global History of Narcotics 1500-2000
By Richard Davenport Hines, Research and Theory
the Little Book of College Sobriety: Living Happy, Healthy and Free
By Susan Packard, Self help
The Myth of Normal
By Gabor Maté, Trauma
Broken Toys, Broken Dreams
By Terry Kellogg, Treatment modalities/approaches/clinical experience
Stay Sober Without God: The Practical 12 Steps to Long-Term Recovery from Alcohollism & Addictions
By Jeffrey Munn, Self help
The body keeps the score
By Bessel van der Kolk, Trauma
The Deepest Well
By Nadine Burke Harris, Trauma
Gift of Therapy
By Irvin Yalom, Treatment modalities/approaches/clinical experience
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
By Gabor Maté, Treatment modalities/approaches/clinical experience
Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kidness Help People Change
By Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, Nicole Kosanke, Stephanie Higgs, Treatment modalities/approaches/clinical experience
Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America
By William L. White, Treatment modalities/approaches/clinical experience
Recovery Allies: How to Support Addiction Recovery and Buld Recovery - Friendly Communities
By Alison Jones Webb, Treatment modalities/approaches/clinical experience
The unexpected joy of being sober
By Catherine Gray, Treatment modalities/approaches/clinical experience
Alcohol Problems in Native America: The Untold Story of Resistance and Recovery "The Truth About the Lie"
By William White, Don Coyhis, Treatment modalities/approaches/clinical experience
Recovery Rising: A Retrospective of Addiction Treatment and Recovery Advocacy
By William L. White, Treatment modalities/approaches/clinical experience
Supervision Essentials for the Practice of Compentency-Based Supervision
By Carol A. Falender, Treatment modalities/approaches/clinical experience
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