SMART Recovery Publications
SMART Recovery offers more than a dozen handbooks and manuals for participants, volunteers and specialized audiences – featuring the 3rd edition of the SMART Recovery Handbook.
See all the SMART publications in the SMART Recovery Bookstore.
Addictive Behavior Self-Help Books
Family & Friends Suggested Reading
The Partner’s 20 Minute Guide (Second Edition) – Center for Motivation and Change (Lulu, 2016) | Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening – Robert J. Meyers, Ph.D., and Brenda L. Wolfe, Ph.D. (Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, 2004). |
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Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change –Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, Nicole Kosanke (Scribner, 2014) | The Parent’s 20 Minute Guide (Second Edition) – Center for Motivation and Change (Lulu, 2016) |
General Psychological Self-Help
Changing for Good – James Prochaska, Ph.D., John Norcross, Ph.D. & Carlo DiClemente, Ph.D. (Wm. Morrow & Company, New York, NY – 1994) |
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy – David D. Burns, M.D. (Harper, 2008)
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The Feeling Good Handbook– David D. Burns, M.D. (Plume, 1999) | Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – Steven C. Hayes & Spencer Smith ( New Harbinger Publications, 2005) |
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about Anything, Yes Anything! – Albert Ellis, Ph.D. (Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1988)
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business – Charles Duhigg (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014)
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Self-Help That Works: Resources to Improve Emotional Health and Strengthen Relationships – John C. Norcross, Ph.D. and 5 others (Oxford University Press, 2013) |
Three Minute Therapy, Change Your Thinking, Change your Life – Michael Edelstein, Ph.D. (Glenbridge, 1997)
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When I Say No I Feel Guilty, Vol. II, for Managers and Executives – Manuel J. Smith, Ph.D. (A Train Press, 2000) | Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction – Maia Szalavitz (Hachette Books, 2021) |
Suggested Reading for Facilitators & Volunteer Advisors
The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science – Norman Doidge (Penguin Books, 2007) | The Handbook of Alcoholism Treatment Approaches: Effective Alternatives (3rd edition) – Hester & Miller, eds. (Allyn & Bacon, 2003) |
Managing Addictions: Cognitive, Emotive and Behavioral Techniques – F. Michler Bishop (Jason Aronson, 2000) | Mindfulness-Based Sobriety – Nick Turner MSW, Phil Welches PhD, Sandra Conti MS (New Harbinger Publications, 2014) |
Motivating Substance Abusers to Enter Treatment – Jane Ellen Smith, Ph.D. & Robert J. Meyers, Ph.D. (The Guilford Press, 2007) | Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change – William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick (Guilford Press, 3rd ed., 2012) |
Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide – National Institute on Drug Abuse (free download on the NIDA website) | The REBT Super-Activity Guide: 52 Weeks of REBT for Client, Groups, Students, and YOU!– Pamela D. Garcy, Ph.D. (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009) |