How We Stay Clean Pathways to NA Workbook

Workbook, 24 pages    Item: 1607
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1995

Much like a map and a compass, the Pathways to N.A. series directs us through the four key success factors in achieving recovery through the Narcotics Anonymous fellowship. Each workbook is fully compatible with the basic text of Narcotics Anonymous.

For treatment professionals, the series can be readily and easily incorporated into programs using an N.A. approach. Purchase the "complete program" to save more than $250. The program includes 50 copies of each workbook, the videotape, and two facilitator's guides.

Softcover, 288 pages    Author: Craig Nakken    Item: 1192
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 2000

What happens to the "we" of a family when one member opts for the blind and single-minded "me" of addiction? In an instructive, reassuring way, Craig Nakken explains just how families and couples who have spent years building a life together can lose their cohesive identity and meaning in the wake of addiction. The perfect starting point in the healing process, this book also reminds us that recovery is possible--for individuals, couples, and whole families--if only we know what to do. With histories, personal stories, and the latest research, the book helps readers chart their own way out of the hell of addiction and back to the fullness of family by using principles that restore the "we" of lasting, loving relationships.

Craig Nakken, M.S.W., author of The Addictive Personality and Men's Issues in Recovery, lectures, trains, and specializes as a family therapist in the treatment of addiction. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

It Will Never Happen to Me

Softcover, 225 pages    Author: Claudia Black    Item: 1971
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 2002

First published 20 years ago, It Will Never Happen to Me is the definitive book/workbook for adult children of alcoholics. With her reassuring and informative approach, Claudia Black expertly identifies common issues faced by children who grew up in alcoholic families-shame, neglect, unreasonable role expectations, and physical abuse. Using narratives and profiles, she describes survival techniques characteristic of children raised in alcoholic families, including the unspoken laws of don't talk, don't trust, and don't feel. First explaining how such learned responses cause difficulties in adulthood, Black carefully guides readers in identifying self-defeating, destructive behaviors and finding a healthier, happier way to live.

Reclaim Your Family from Addiction Workbook

Workbook, 72 pages    Author: Craig Nakken    Item: 1193
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 2000

Designed for families in recovery from addiction, this workbook applies and expands on the principles set out in Craig Nakken's book Reclaim Your Family from Addiction--principles that can restore the fullness and wholeness of lasting, loving relationships. Through guided writing exercises and opportunities for discussion, recovering families will learn to work together on a broad range of issues that affect healthy relationships and those beset by addiction. The result is a workable, step-by-step program for recovering the trust, pleasure, and meaning of family.

Hope, Faith and Courage (Hardcover)
Hope, Faith and Courage (Softcover)

Hardcover    Item: 4800
Publisher: Cocaine Anonymous World Services, Inc.    Published Year: 1995

This a collection of twenty-six personal stories by men, women and couples recovering from addiction to cocaine and other mind-altering substances through the fellowship of Cocaine Anonymous and the 12 Steps of Recovery.

Stepping Stones To Recovery -
From Cocaine/Crack Addiction

Softcover, 128 pages    Author: Lisa D.    Item: 6434
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1990

A step-by step personal recovery program that works. The authors describe the addiction process, its effects, and the recovery process. Includes positive real-life stories from members of Cocaine Anonymous.

Cocaine and Crack - Back from the Abyss Video

Video, 1/2" VHS, 46 min, cc    Item: 4062
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services   Published Year: 1998

Cocaine and Crack is a dramatic video that delivers the basic facts about cocaine and crack through vivid personal stories of addiction and recovery. Hard-hitting messages tell of the stranglehold this drug takes on our bodies, minds, and lives. Cocaine and Crack is a 46-minute video divided in two segments that helps those who are in early recovery understand the history and effects of the drug, as well as the fundamentals of addiction and recovery.

The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Methamphetamine Dependence: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age

Paperback: 176 pages    Publisher: Icon Health Publications (July 1, 2002)

This is a "must have" reference book for patients, parents, caregivers, and libraries with medical collections. This sourcebook is organized into three parts. Part I explores basic techniques to researching methamphetamine dependence (e.g. finding guidelines on diagnosis, treatments, and prognosis), followed by a number of topics, including information on how to get in touch with organizations, associations, or other patient networks dedicated to methamphetamine dependence. It also gives you sources of information that can help you find a doctor in your local area specializing in treating methamphetamine dependence. Collectively, the material presented in Part I is a complete primer on basic research topics for patients with methamphetamine dependence. Part II moves on to advanced research dedicated to methamphetamine dependence. Part II is intended for those willing to invest many hours of hard work and study. It is here that we direct you to the latest scientific and applied research on methamphetamine dependence. When possible, contact names, links via the Internet, and summaries are provided. In general, every attempt is made to recommend "free-to-use" options. Part III provides appendices of useful background reading for all patients with methamphetamine dependence or related disorders. The appendices are dedicated to more pragmatic issues faced by many patients with methamphetamine dependence. Accessing materials via medical libraries may be the only option for some readers, so a guide is provided for finding local medical libraries which are open to the public. Part III, therefore, focuses on advice that goes beyond the biological and scientific issues facing patients with methamphetamine dependence.

Paperback: 240 pages    Publisher: Alyson Publications  (February 15, 2004)

Drawing upon conversations with addicts as well as experts in the gay community and at drug treatment centers, journalist Frank Sanello examines how crystal-meth abuse is reaching epidemic levels among gay men, and how almost one-third of the new cases of HIV are caused by the decreased mental capacity associated with crystal. Tweakers get a quick, cheap high, an exhilarating loss of inhibition and increased stamina at the price of permanent behavioral changes, brain damage and death.

Meth=Sorcery : Know the Truth

Paperback: 155 pages    Publisher: Above All Ministries (June 23, 2000)

I believe Steve Box has successfully revealed the truth about methamphetamines. I recommend you read this book.

Sheriff Ron Doerge -Head of the Southwest Missouri Drug Task Force

Suicide Tuesday : Gay Men and the Crystal Meth Epidemic

Paperback: 150 pages    Publisher: Carroll & Graf (September 9, 2005)

Crystal methamphetamine, also known as "crystal meth," has rocked national news headlines as the often deadly party drug of choice for gay and bisexual men. The recent media blitz around the so-called "AIDS supervirus" was only one of virtually thousands of earlier stories that laid the blame for an outbreak of new HIV transmission among gay men on impaired judgment brought about by crystal meth use. The low-priced stimulant—which can be snorted, smoked, ingested, or injected—increases its user’s heart rate, blood pressure, and stamina, while decreasing the need for food and sleep. Health experts estimate that 22 percent of all gay men have tried crystal meth at least once. Heterosexuals, including teenage girls, have also joined the millions of crystal meth users and addicts.
In Suicide Tuesday, Duncan Osborne, the leading journalist on the topic of gay men and crystal meth, offers a critical, clear-eyed look on the history of crystal meth, its effect on gay men, its alleged link to HIV transmission, the gay community’s response to the reported epidemic, as well as the media’s role in fostering public awareness but also sex panic among gay people.

Walking on Thin Ice Video

Video, 1/2 VHS, 21 min, cc    Item: 4065
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1999

Methamphetamine, also known as ice, glass, crystal, and crystal meth, is seeping in from society's fringe to infect mainstream America. This video gives teens the straight facts about meth from the perspectives of teens who are recovering from meth addiction, cops and a paramedic who relate true stories detailing the ravage of the drug, and a coroner who routinely performs autopsies on kids who have overdosed on meth. Viewers learn what meth is; its negative effects on the body, brain, and behavior; and its side effects. This video also covers refusal skills--advice given to teens directly from their peers.

Methamphetamine - Deciding to Live Video

1/2" VHS, 38 min, cc    Item: 5667
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1998

Ice, a newer and purer form of methamphetamine, has become a new and increasing substance abuse threat. This new, extremely pure form of methamphetamine guarantees users an intense, immediate high within just six seconds of ingestion and the high can last up to 12 hours.
Methamphetamine: Deciding to Live presents the latest information on the devastating consequences of meth addiction and the struggles and rewards of recovery. Facts, medical aspects, personal stories, and insights on the recovery process illuminate the path to healing.

Heroin - What am I Going to Do? Video

1/2" VHS, 30 min, cc    Item: 5733
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1997

This award-winning video traces the steep path from initial infatuation, allure, and lifestyle involved with heroin use to the inevitable devastation of addiction. Includes timely, informative updates on the resurgent threat and evolving problems of heroin use, plus real help and hope for recovery.

Personal interviews show the compelling power of honesty, surrender, and responsibility as tools for successful recovery. Recovering addicts share how they reclaimed their lives through the Twelve Steps and we see how they learned to turn helplessness and despair into opportunities for recovery.

The Truth About Pot

Softcover, 208 pages    Author: Joanne Baum    Item: 3130
Publisher: Hazelden / Johnson Institute    Published Year: 1996

Marijuana use has increased over the past four years and now accounts for over 81 percent of this nation's illicit drug use. It is widely considered not only to be harmless to its users but also to have the power to enhance concentration and creativity, to relieve pain and suffering, and to offer a much needed respite from the hectic pace of today's world.
It's no wonder that marijuana is surrounded by confusion and myth. Used widely during the past three decades, it has been both praised and condemned. With little or no research up to now either to corroborate or dispute the myths, many people, especially teenagers, are confused.

In The Truth about Pot, Joanne Baum reveals the damage marijuana can do in people's lives. "It is certainly clear from these people's stories ranging from nine months to almost fifteen years...that pot is not a harmless drug to be used with no consequences," writes Baum in the final chapter. "Marijuana users can lose years from their lives and experience long-lasting mental and emotional pain."

Marijuana - What's a Parent to Believe?

Softcover, 264 pp.    Author: Timmen L. Cermak    Item: 2202
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services Published Year: 2003

As a parent, if you're not sure what to believe about marijuana, how will you handle the subject with your child? Maybe you smoked pot as a teen, or you use marijuana today. Maybe you never tried pot, or you don't even know what it looks like. Maybe you're simply confused over conflicting claims about the drug whether it's addictive, how harmful it is, why some think it should be legalized. The best way for you to help your teen make healthy choices is to be informed. This much-needed book about America's most widely used illegal drug helps parents sort through the latest facts, the known risks, and the divergent perspectives on pot. The basic message? For teens, marijuana use equals risk. Your basic message? That's up to you.

Quitting Marijuana Workbook - Revised

Workbook, 40 pp.    Item: 2157
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 2003

The first workbook to be revised in the Your Personal Recovery Plan series, this new edition of Quitting Marijuana reflects the drug's numerous pharmacological changes in the past three decades. It's filled with tips and exercises to help clients design and action plan for recovery and to make recovery a positive experience.

Through a Glass Darkly: The Psychological Effects of Marijuana and Hashish

Hardcover, Pub. Date:  3/1/1999
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishing

Examines the history, use, and mental and psychological effects of marijuana and hashish, as well as their impact on society and current treatment for their abuse.

Danger: Marijuana (The Drug Awareness Library)

Reading level: Ages 4-8    Hardcover: 24 pages
Publisher: PowerKids Press; 1st ed edition (August 1, 1997)

Discusses the effect of marijuana on humans and the value of avoiding its use.

Marijuana Mind Altering Drug

Item: 3465
Publisher: Hazelden/Wisconsin Clearinghouse Published Year: 2000

Marijuana Impaired Youths: A Clinical Handbook For Counselors, Mentors, Teachers And Parents.

Author(s): Wachuku, Dr. Kay    ISBN: 1414065612    Format: Paperback
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc   Pub. Date: 3/4/2004

Marijuana and Your Lungs: The Incredibly Disgusting Story

Author(s): Stanley, Debbie   ISBN: 0823932524   Format: Hardcover
Publisher(s): Rosen Pub Group   Pub. Date: 5/1/2000

Discusses marijuana, the most widely used illegal drug in the United States, emphasizing its damaging physiological effects on the mind and body, most especially the lungs,

Marijuana (Drugs: the Straight Facts)

Reading level: Ages 4-8    Hardcover: 104 pages
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (February 1, 2003)

Marijuana - The Escape to Nowhere Video

Video, 1/2" VHS, 40 min, cc    Item: 4067
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1999

This video challenges myths about marijuana by clearly stating that marijuana is addictive and use results in physical, emotional, and spiritual consequences. It also explains to clients in simple language the pharmacology of today's more potent marijuana and shares the hope and healing of recovery.

Adolescents and Marijuana Video

VHS, 13:39 minutes    Item: 4019
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 2000

Teens who experienced the highs—and lows—of marijuana abuse share their tales of addiction and loss and subsequent recovery. Told strictly through the voices of the teens profiled, the video cuts to the core of marijuana attraction and the ultimate cost to the user on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level. The video is an inspiration for recovering teens of all walks of life to stay clean and nurture their recovery.

Reefer Madness Video

Video, 1/2" VHS, 66 min, Black and White    Item: 7119
Publisher: Ingram Entertainment    Published Year: 1939

Often dismissed as a hysterical reaction to the growing drug menace, Reefer Madness was in fact an influential independent film that cunningly profited from America's narcotic paranoia. In the guise of a high-minded educational drama, Reefer Madness indulges the carnal curiosity of viewers yearning for a glimpse into a world more sordid than their own.

While an anti-drug crusader lectures a group of concerned citizens, the town's innocent teens are drawn into a vice-ridden web of reefers, red hot jazz, and the insanity they provoke. With frequent detours through frank sexual terrain, director Louis Gasnier and producer George Hirliman (who together comprised G&H Productions) proved they were neither saints nor saps when it came to making movies. They brilliantly demonstrate the most basic principle of exploitation: any vice can be indulged to an excessive degree as long as it is cloaked in a wrapper of education.

Reality Check Video

Video, 1/2" VHS, 15 min, cc    Item: 4064
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 1999

This fast-paced video creates a high-impact message for kids about the pitfalls of marijuana use. A combination of humor, animated graphics, testimonials, and music delivers key facts about the pharmacology of marijuana and consequences of short- and long-term use. The video helps young people in grades 7-12 build refusal skills and learn how to seek help, while showing non-use as more cool and fun than use.

When Painkillers Become Dangerous

Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 2004

Whether prescribed by a physician as OxyContin or purchased on the street as "hillbilly heroin," painkilling drugs are extremely effective in eliminating physical, emotional, and psychological distress. The problem is that these drugs are also incredibly addictive. Misuse of and addiction to prescription pain medications has become America's latest, complex, and alarming drug abuse trend. In fact, an estimated 2.6 million people currently use prescription pain relievers non-medically-a dangerous practice that could quickly reach epidemic proportions.
Best-selling author Drew Pinsky, M.D., and five other leading experts offer practical, plainspoken, and much-needed information about addiction to painkilling drugs.

Oxycontin and Other Prescription Drugs Video

Killing the Pain VHS, 35 mm    Item: 9696
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services  Published Year: 2002

Addiction to pain medication can start unknowingly and take hold suddenly. Whether prescribed by a physician or purchased on the street, painkillers such as OxyContin, Demerol, and Vicodin can be extremely effective in eliminating physical, emotional, and psychological stress. They can also be exceedingly addictive.

In this Hazelden video, individuals who have overcome addiction to painkillers talk about how they got clean—and what they learned about surrender, willingness, and support along the way. Part of the Hazelden Drugs of Addiction series, this video won a 2003 Bronze Telly Award.