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CENTRAL RECOVERY PRESS (CRP) is a full-service publishing and intellectual property clearinghouse specializing in addiction treatment and recovery and behavioral healthcare topics. Our publications are written specifically for recovering individuals and their families; addiction and other behavioral health professionals; treatment facilities; and the general public. At CRP, behavioral health refers to the reciprocal relationship between human behavior and mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. Achieving and maintaining balance within these four essential life domains provides a framework for healthy, purposeful living and offers practical solutions to many of life’s problems. Our mission is to shed light on the age-old stigma associated with addiction, treatment, and recovery, and shift the prevailing understanding of addiction toward a paradigm of one disease with many manifestations, thereby offering a broader view of recovery to a more diverse audience. We are committed to offering exceptional published material on this critically important subject, and we accomplish this with content that is original and inspiring, utilizing a distribution model that includes everything from traditional bound books to the latest in broadcasting and web technologies.
CRP titles are distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution. 3321 North Buffalo Drive, Suite 275 Las Vegas, Nevada 89129 702.868.5826 sales@centralrecovery.com
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Stop Sex Addiction
Real Hope, True Freedom for Sex Addicts and Partners MILTON S. MAGNESS, D. MIN. Excerpt from the Book Regardless of how bad things are in your relationship at present, regardless of how much trust you have lost, there is hope for you. Even if you cannot fully embrace this hope now, trust me when I say that after helping sex addicts free themselves and their loved ones from the grips of addiction, I have convincing proof that life can be different. If you engage in recovery without reservation, it is possible to regain the relationship you lost, the relationship you thought was no longer possible to revive. Is there really any freedom to be had on the recovery road? I wouldn’t have devoted a significant portion of my life to helping sex addicts and their loved ones regain love and respect—their very lives—unless I believed totally in freedom from addiction. More specifically for you, I would not have written this book unless I knew this to be possible and wanted to share it with sex addicts and their partners everywhere.
A comprehensive volume on sex addiction with an emphasis on traditional family values.
April Self-Help/Psychology ISBN: 978-1-937612-23-8 E-book: 978-1-937612-24-5 6 x 9, 334 pages, paperback $17.95 US Co-op available
Compulsive sexual behavior, or sex addiction, results in countless negative consequences and hurts many people. Relationships, marriages, families, and careers are destroyed by sex addiction. But there is hope because sex addiction is treatable. Through hard work and a rigorous recovery program, it is possible for sex addicts to stop all of their destructive behavior and for relationships to be restored. Stop Sex Addiction is a guidebook that gives those whose lives have been affected by sex addiction a thorough understanding of this insidious form of addiction and a way forward in relationships and life.
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“Each page instills hope for those struggling with sex addiction, while not minimizing the pain involved in the process.”
Intimate Treason ISBN: 978-1-936290-93-2 $17.95
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L. Delmonico, PhD, author of In the Shadows of the Net
“A superb book to both partners in a relationship impacted by sex addiction.” —Claudia
Black, PhD, author of Intimate Treason and Deceived
Milton Magness, D. Min., MA, LPC, CSAT is the founder
and director of Hope & Freedom Counseling Services in Houston, Texas. He served five terms as the president of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH). Dr. Magness has led national workshops on cybersex addiction and has conducted a multistate research study that focused on cybersex behavior and recovery among self-identified sex addicts. He holds a Doctor of Ministry, a Master of Arts in Psychology, and a Master of Arts in Religious Education. He lives in Houston, Texas.
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Sex addiction is a growing menace that threatens all strata of our society. Millions of marriages and relationships have been ruined or ended, and numerous reputations have been sacrificed.
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Written by a professional with over thirty years of counseling experience, in addition to two decades as a Christian pastor.
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Why Can’t My Child Stop Eating? A Guide to Helping Your Child Overcome Emotional Overeating DEBBIE DANOWSKI, PhD Excerpt from the Book I grew up knowing that my parents were desperately concerned about the size of my body. They always did whatever they could to try to encourage me to lose weight. I truly believe that either one of them would have given a limb if it would have solved my problem. I approach this book with the knowledge that whether or not you are a parent of an overweight child, a stepparent, a grandparent, a guardian, an aunt or uncle, or a close friend, you share the same concern for the child in your life that my parents had for me. You are probably willing to do whatever you have to in order to help your child become healthier, yet it is my guess that you have been bombarded with so much information that you are uncertain about how to proceed. I know this because as a twenty-three-year-old adult, I was faced with the same situation. I had tried just about every diet program out there and had failed. I didn’t know what was missing in my efforts and was overwhelmed by the amount of weight-loss information available.
Food-addiction expert Danowski details a holistic recovery plan for overweight children that will work when nothing else has.
Despite ongoing efforts from the White House to the schoolhouse, obesity rates in American children are climbing with no end in sight. Newspapers, magazines, and television programs are filled with information about healthy eating. Bookstores and pediatricians’ offices overflow with advice about properly feeding children. Yet, nothing seems to help. Why? While most of us know what constitutes a healthy meal, few are aware of the emotions behind the food presented to children on a regular basis. And even fewer understand how these emotions are tied into childhood overeating. Finally, there is a book that provides assistance in coping with the emotional issues of obesity for children. Why Can’t My Child Stop Eating? examines the emotional roots of overeating and addresses the social, emotional, and physical problems of these children and their families.
June Family & Relationships/ Health & Fitness ISBN: 978-1-937612-27-6 E-book: 978-1-937612-28-3 6 x 9, 210 pages, paperback $14.95 US Co-op available Advance reader copies National advertising in Publishers Weekly and Library Journal National print and online campaign Outreach to professional pediatrician and behavioral health community 10-city New England tour Online promotion at centralrecoverypress.com/books/ whycantmychildstopeating/
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Praise for Why Can’t My Child Stop Eating?
“This book provides an important way for parents to change their own and their children’s relationship to food.”
From Bagels to Buddha ISBN: 978-1-936290-81-9 $16.95
—Dr. Amy VanBuren, Clinical Psychologist and Associate
Professor of Psychology, Sacred Heart University
Debbie Danowski, PhD is co-author of Why Can’t I Stop
Eating? (Hazelden, 2000), in which she outlined her personal food addiction recovery program that resulted in her losing 150 pounds more than seventeen years ago. The book is currently in its third printing. Dr. Danowski has written more than 100 articles for national and local publications, including First For Women, Woman’s Day, Seventeen, and Fairfield. She has also spoken at countless meetings, seminars, and conferences about weight loss and food addiction, including Food Addiction 2000, the first national conference held on the disease. She lives in Winsted, Connecticut.
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With the worsening childhood obesity problem, the audience for this book is constantly increasing.
Danowski’s book, Why Can’t I Stop Eating? is currently in its third printing, with nearly 30,000 copies sold. The only publication to offer an emotional recovery plan for children.
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Some Assembly Required
From Harvard to Hell . . . and Back
A Doctor’s Journey through Addiction to Recovery
A Balanced Approach to Recovery from Addiction and Chronic Pain
SYLVESTER “SKIP” SVIOKLA III, MD WITH KERRY ZUKUS
DAN MAGER, MSW
Broken by chronic pain and addiction, a therapist puts his life back together with recovery. “For those struggling with addiction and chronic pain and the professionals who help them, this book is an important read.”—John C. Friel, PhD, bestselling author of The 7 Best Things (Happy) Couples Do
May Self-Help/Health & Fitness ISBN: 978-1-937612-25-2 E-book: 978-1-937612-26-9 6 x 9, 280 pages, paperback $16.95 US
After three decades of active addiction, a successful behavioral health professional’s life crumbles. Author Dan Mager documents his struggles as the vicious cycle of addiction and chronic pain spirals out of control. He also presents a model for recovery from both of these life-altering conditions. His is a recovery story that combines psychological theory, twelve-step principles, and the ancient wisdom of meditation and other spiritual practices. •
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Between 1991 and 2010, prescriptions for opioid painkillers rose from 75 million to 209 million. As the number of opioid prescriptions increases, complications, including death, are rising. The author is an experienced behavioral health professional who has worked in a broad range of behavioral health and addiction treatment settings.
Dan Mager, MSW is a writer in long-
term recovery. He spent twenty years as a therapist and clinical director in behavioral health and addiction treatment. He is a Certified Diplomate in Clinical Hypnotherapy with the National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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A Harvard-educated doctor loses everything, but gains his life. Now he brings the message of recovery to other addicts. “This book is riveting and insightful, capturing the reader in the devastation of Dr. Sviokla’s addiction and the inspiration of his recovery.” —David C. Lewis, MD, Founder, Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Dr. Sylvester “Skip” Sviokla lived life as a successful, driven, athletic, and brilliant graduate of Harvard Medical School, reveling in wealth and glamour until addiction brought his life crashing down. This reallife “Dr. House” had it all (he thought) until addiction took everything. Miraculously, recovery gave him back his family, his self-respect, and much more. A graduate of the most famous medical school in the world, Dr. Sviokla speaks to a wide audience, including medical professionals and those seeking answers about addiction. • •
Written from the unique perspective of an addiction medicine specialist who has also experienced his own battle with addiction. An engaging memoir that also offers expert medical knowledge about addiction and its treatment.
July Addiction/Recovery/Memoir ISBN: 978-1-937612-29-0 E-book: 978-1-937612-30-6 6 x 9, 260 pages, paperback $16.95 US Advance reader copies National advertising in Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Radio-TV Interview Report National TV and radio campaign Online promotion at centralrecoverypress.com/books/ fromharvardtohell/
Sylvester “Skip” Sviokla III, MD
was owner and medical director of Skip Sviokla Entertainment Medicine, Inc. and of Medical Weight Management, Inc. in Massachusetts. He is now medical director of several methadone clinics and co-owner of a substance abuse clinic. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
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The Gift of Fulfillment
Sought through Prayer and Meditation A Practical Guide for People in Recovery
Living the Principles of Healthy Recovery
THE REVEREND JOHN T. FARRELL, PhD
MICHAEL DINNEEN, LCSW
August Self-Help ISBN: 978-1-937612-31-3 E-book: 978-1-937612-32-0 6 x 9, 210 pages, paperback $15.95 US
Recovery specialist Michael Dinneen leads readers through his demonstrated plan for life improvement.
A thoughtful exploration of various spiritual disciplines for those in recovery who wish to enrich their lives.
“In the area of addiction recovery and the important intersection of that recovery in relation to Christian principles, Michael Dinneen’s new book is required reading.”—Philip F. Anschutz
“While [many people] may have become adept at recovery and living the Twelve Steps, they received little or no guidance in the practical management of their spiritual lives.”—From the Introduction
This is a book for everyone, addict or not, who desires a clear-cut plan for living a life based on universal spiritual principles—a life of authenticity and hope. Dinneen details his personal struggle with addiction and his entry into recovery, and provides readers with a proven set of emotional tools using the twelve-step recovery process as a model for change.
Long-term recovery requires a spiritual awakening based on an acquired set of principles, guiding a person in his or her daily conduct. In his second book, Reverend Farrell provides a set of practices and disciplines for people in recovery to develop and/or deepen their spiritual growth. This book will appeal to people in recovery as they set out to improve their conscious contact with their higher power and to practice the principles of recovery in all their affairs.
“Michael Dinneen captures well the call to ‘become the change you wish to see in others.’” —Richard C. Hanifen, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Colorado Springs •
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For anyone who ever wondered where they were when life’s instructions were being handed out, this book is Life 101.
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Eminently practical and action-oriented, not esoteric.
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Illustrates that living a life of peace and purpose is possible when one’s focus is on giving, not getting.
Michael Dinneen, LCSW is program
manager for the University of Colorado’s Hospital Center for Rehabilitation, Addiction, and Dependency (CeDAR). He is a Certified Addiction Counselor. He has been in long-term recovery for twenty years. He lives in Denver, Colorado.
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Author is ordained in the Episcopal Church of the United States and is a trained labyrinth walk facilitator. He has been in long-term recovery for almost forty years.
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Reverend Farrell has served as a Professional-inResidence at the Betty Ford Center.
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Perfect for those whose spiritual practice feels stale or unproductive.
The Reverend John T. Farrell, PhD
August Self-Help ISBN: 978-1-937612-33-7 E-book: 978-1-937612-34-4 6 x 9, 224 pages, paperback $15.95 US Advance reader copies National advertising in Renew Magazine and thefix.com National radio campaign Outreach to Christian media Online promotion at centralrecoverypress.com/ books/soughtthroughprayer/
was the Regimental Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministries at SUNY Maritime College. He received a Masters of Divinity from Yale University and a PhD in English from the University of Delaware. He lives in Yonkers, New York.
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RECENT AND RECOMMENDED
How I Found My Soul and Lost My Fat
It’s Not About You, Except When It Is
JUDI HOLLIS, PhD
A Field Manual for Parents of Addicted Children
A successful therapist shares her own story to illustrate her message that a spiritual life is the key to sustaining weight loss.
BARBARA VICTORIA
From Bagels to Buddha
Dr. Judi Hollis shares her path to permanent weight loss and demonstrates how little it has to do with what you are eating or what’s eating you. Peppered with rich anecdotes of her own life experiences, it will teach you to start eating to nurture your true inner being. By changing how you behave, how you interact with others, how you face your own dark side, and ultimately, how you accept life on life’s terms, losing your fat—and keeping it off—is finally within your reach. “Judi’s life-changing story allows the reader to join her on a journey to self-acceptance. This book is a fresh, honest account of how ‘surrendering to self ’ and healing from within can set a person on the path to a true spiritual awakening.” —Wynonna Judd ISBN: 978-1-936290-81-9 6 x 9, 296 pages, paperback $16.95 US
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Straight-talking self-preservation techniques for parents of addicts. Let author Barbara Victoria lead you through the treacherous landscape only a parent of an addict can understand. Drawing from her own challenges with her addicted child, Victoria is a gentle guide who knows how to speak to others undergoing the same experience. She will help you navigate this journey you never wanted to take and come out triumphant on the other side. “Help for parents who are going through this particular hell is finally here in the form of this riveting book.”—Library Journal (Starred Review, December 2012) ISBN: 978-1-936290-94-9 6 x 9, 240 pages, paperback $15.95 US
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Dancing in the Dark How to Take Care of Yourself When Someone You Love Is Depressed BERNADETTE STANKARD AND AMY VIETS
A guide for those living with one of the millions of Americans who battle depression. Very few books exist that provide practical tools for the person living with a depressed partner. Dancing in the Dark fills this void and provides both contemplative, comforting meditations and positive, action-oriented solutions for the maintenance of the caregiver’s well-being. The authors offer compassionate wisdom based on their personal experience of life with depressed partners. “… a welcome addition to the relatively small field of books that address the emotional health of caretakers of a depressed individual. Recommended for those who appreciate spiritual inspiration with their self-help.” —Library Journal
ISBN: 978-1-936290-70-3 6 x 9, 208 pages, paperback $15.95 US
When the Servant Becomes the Master A Comprehensive Addiction Guide for Those Who Suffer from the Disease, the Loved Ones Affected By It, and the Professionals Who Assist Them JASON Z W POWERS, MD
Addresses misinformation and humanizes the disease of addiction within a framework of science, research, and personal experience. This inclusive volume covers a wide range of topics from what addiction is, its dynamics, and neurochemistry; to drugs of abuse, treatment approaches, and interventions; to relapse prevention and process addictions, such as gambling, food, and sex. It is the result of a doctor’s journey to answer the question, “What exactly is addiction?” “Dr. Jason Powers’ new book is filled with relevant, clinically useful information.” —Daniel Amen, MD author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
ISBN: 978-1-936290-73-4 6 x 9, 300 pages, paperback $18.95 US
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Game Plan
The Light Side of the Moon
A Man’s Guide to Achieving Emotional Fitness
Reclaiming Your Lost Potential
ALAN P. LYME, LCSW
DITTA M. OLIKER, PhD
DAVID J. POWELL, PhD
STEPHEN R. ANDREW, LCSW
An invaluable resource for any man who wants to lead a more whole and satisfying life. If you’re a man, get ready to unleash the hero inside, and if you’re a woman, get ready to understand men like never before. Game Plan is packed with lessons your dad never taught you about living life to the fullest, free from addiction and other self-destructive behaviors. From “Growing up Male,” to “Men and Their Children,” this provocative yet practical book tells it the the way only a man sees it and only as a man can hear it. “Finally, a book written by men about helping men to heal. This is an excellent book. I heartily recommend it.” —Christopher Kennedy Lawford, author of Symptoms of Withdrawal ISBN: 978-1-936290-96-3 6 x 9, 242 pages, paperback $15.95 US
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Uncover the hidden behaviors that are keeping you from living the life you’ve always wanted. Make sense of the irrational and resistant behaviors you developed in childhood that helped you then, but that now persist as blockages preventing you from reaching your full potential. If you are trapped in a life that doesn’t live up to your full potential, find out why. Dr. Oliker shows us how to recognize and dismantle these unconscious survival systems developed in childhood to protect ourselves, but which have now outlived their usefulness, and how to achieve personal fulfillment in the present. “A book for the professional and lay person alike, one to read and reread.”
—Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, author of A Woman of Independent Means ISBN: 978-1-936290-95-6 6 x 9, 272 pages, paperback $16.95 US
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Intimate Treason
Disentangle
Healing the Trauma for Partners Confronting Sex Addiction
When You’ve Lost Your Self in Someone Else
CLAUDIA BLACK, PhD
NANCY L. JOHNSTON,
Essential information for partners of those struggling with sex addiction.
An inspiring and practical guide for people seeking to find emotional freedom within relationships.
CARA TRIPODI, LCSW
Partners affected by sex addiction can learn to develop healthy boundaries and make positive changes in their lives. The exercises presented are designed to help partners better understand the disease of addiction and how it is affecting their relationship. Intimate Treason provides a path to healing that gives voice to partners’ truth as they travel on their own journey of recovery. ISBN: 978-1-936290-93-2 8 x 10, 256 pages, paperback $17.95 US
MS, LPC, LSATP
Emotional overinvolvement in relationships can throw even otherwise wellfunctioning people out of balance—commonly leading to feelings of anxiety, agitation, helplessness, depression, anger, and resentment. Disentangle presents a solution-oriented approach to identifying and healing from over-involvement or “entanglement” in relationships with others. ISBN: 978-1-936290-03-1 6 x 9, 284 pages, paperback $15.95 US
Finding a Purpose in the Pain A Doctor’s Approach to Addiction Recovery and Healing JAMES L. FENLEY, JR., MD
Compelling life lessons from a doctor who encountered the healing power of the Twelve Steps. A simple yet profound guide to healing, written as a resource for anyone in early recovery from addiction, for professionals who treat addiction, and for anyone struggling with emotional pain or other life trials. Finding a Purpose in the Pain will bring hope to readers facing a difficult time and help illuminate the spiritual path to finding relief and peace. ISBN: 978-1-936290-71-0 6 x 9, 206 pages, paperback $15.95 US
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PAIN RECOVERY
PAIN RECOVERY
Pain Recovery How to Find Balance and Reduce Suffering from Chronic Pain MEL POHL, MD, FASAM;
FRANK SZABO, JR., LADC; DANIEL SHIODE, PhD;
ROBERT HUNTER, PhD
Not just a treatment for chronic pain but a lifestyle that encompasses the mind, body, emotions, and spirit. Written by a distinguished team of authors experienced in chronic pain management and addiction treatment, this comprehensive workbook offers proven techniques, lessons, and exercises to reduce pain based on a successful, opioid-free chronic pain rehabilitation program that has helped change the lives of many chronic pain sufferers. ISBN: 978-0-9799869-9-4 8 ³⁄8 x 10 ³⁄8, 200 pages, paperback $20.95 US
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Pain Recovery for Families How to Find Balance When Someone Else’s Chronic Pain Becomes Your Problem Too MEL POHL, MD, FASAM;
FRANK SZABO, JR., LADC; DANIEL SHIODE, PhD;
ROBERT HUNTER, PhD
Vital information and guidance for anyone struggling with the realities of a loved one’s chronic pain. Even a well-functioning family is likely to be thrown out of balance when one of its members has chronic pain. This guide provides a solutionoriented approach for family members to maintain a healthy life balance while providing support to someone with chronic pain. ISBN: 978-0-9818482-3-5 8 ³⁄8 x 10 ³⁄8, 200 pages, paperback $20.95 US
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Meditations for Pain Recovery TONY GRECO
You know pain . . . now find peace. A must-have resource to aid in recovery from chronic pain with cooccuring addiction. Author Tony Greco brings together helpful lessons learned during his own recovery when he used the established techniques of chronic pain treatment explored in the books A Day without Pain and Pain Recovery: How to Find Balance and Reduce Suffering from Chronic Pain. ISBN: 978-0-9818482-8-0 5 ½ x 7 ½, 400 pages, paperback $16.95 US
A Day without Pain
My Pain Recovery Journal
Revised and Updated
THE EDITORS OF
365 Meditations for Transcending Chronic Pain and Illness
PRESS
J. S. DORIAN
Promotes healing by offering those with chronic pain the perfect space to express their thoughts and feelings about the pain-recovery process.
A spiritual approach for transcending chronic pain and illness.
MEL POHL, MD, FASAM
The solution to chronic pain is within you. This country is facing an epidemic of chronic pain, dependence on painkillers, and in many cases, addiction to prescription medication. Pain is a pandemic with no end in sight. But we can do better. Enhanced and updated, Dr. Pohl’s book focuses on a comprehensive approach to living with chronic pain rather than attempting to obliterate all pain with ever-increasing doses of potentially dangerous and addictive drugs. ISBN: 978-1-936290-62-8 6 x 9, 248 pages, paperback $15.95 US
CENTRAL RECOVERY
Designed to be a companion piece to the Central Recovery Press title Pain Recovery: How to Find Balance and Reduce Suffering from Chronic Pain, this journal gives those with chronic pain a therapeutic tool for recording thoughts, expressing feelings, and tracking progress. Features recovery-oriented writing prompts and motivational messages. ISBN: 978-0-9799869-7-0 6 x 9, 200 pages, paperback $19.95 US
Above & Beyond
Beloved author J. S. Dorian shares insights gained from his lifetime of experience with chronic pain and illness, combined with what he has learned from his twelve-step recovery program. His earlier book, A Day at a Time, has provided inspiration to countless readers since its publication in 1976. Above and Beyond offers helpful suggestions for transforming one’s life with chronic pain or illness into one of purpose, growth, and acceptance. ISBN: 978-1-936290-66-6 5 ½ x 7 ½, 400 pages, paperback $15.95 US
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RELATIONSHIPS AND SELF-HELP
From Heartbreak to Heart’s Desire Developing a Healthy GPS (Guy Picking System) DAWN MASLAR, MS
A witty and practical guide for women who want to stop wasting time falling for the wrong men. After a lifetime of dating “Mr. Wrong” or settling for “Mr. Right-Now,” women who are serious about finding their “heart’s desire” will appreciate and benefit from the easy-to-follow suggestions in this book. From Heartbreak to Heart’s Desire offers a lighthearted look at the dating disasters most single women will relate to, coupled with a practical and real-life plan for changing course. ISBN: 978-0-9818482-6-6 6 x 9, 200 pages, paperback $14.95 US
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Picking Up the Pieces without Picking Up
Tails of Recovery
A Guidebook through Victimization for People in Recovery
NANCY A. SCHENCK
JENNIFER STORM
A compassionate guidebook for rebuilding your life without returning to addictive behaviors. Author Jennifer Storm offers a caring voice and expert guidance for those struggling with victimization and addiction. Through guided exercises, journaling, recovery reminders, and other helpful tools, readers will be empowered to move through their victimization with grace and strength. ISBN: 978-1-936290-64-2 6 x 9, 178 pages, paperback $15.95 US
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Addicts and the Pets That Love Them
A poignant collection of first-person accounts by recovering addicts of the hope and healing that pets have provided to them.
Yoga and the Twelve-Step Path
My Life as a Border Collie
KYCZY HAWK
Freedom from Codependency
Addresses the contemporary need for physical as well as spiritual fitness.
NANCY L. JOHNSTON,
Moving stories from recovering addicts about how the unconditional love of their pets brought them from the horrors of active addiction to lives filled with hope and healing. These stories are tied together with insightful commentary by author Nancy Schenck, herself a pet lover and long-term recovering addict.
Yoga is not just a physical practice. Like twelve-step recovery, it is a journey along a spiritual path that can lead to a spiritual union with one’s higher power. Author Kyczy Hawk brings the powerful ancient practice of yoga, with all of its diverse approaches and time-honored traditions, to the realm of twelve-step recovery in a way that’s guaranteed to infuse and deepen one’s spiritual practice of the Twelve Steps.
ISBN: 978-0-9799869-6-3 6 x 9, 175 pages, hardcover $19.95 US
ISBN: 978-1-936290-80-2 6 x 9, 272 pages, paperback $15.95 US
MS, LPC, LSATP
A Spiritual Path to a Healthy Relationship A Practical Approach STEVE MCCORD, MFT
A whimsical, yet meaningful look at codependency. Nancy Johnston shares the life lessons she learned from her observations of the relationship behaviors exhibited by her border collie, Daisy. Johnston examines twelve specific behaviors recognized as codependent. She also offers new information and help, including the latest research-supported findings, so that readers can understand “What am I doing that is not producing the relationship results I really want?” ISBN: 978-1-936290-92-5 5½ x 8½, 304 pages, paperback $16.95 US
ANGIE MCCORD, CC
Build harmonious partnerships and avoid common stumbling blocks. We all want our relationships to be healthy, but who knows how to make that happen? Husband-and-wife authors Steve and Angie McCord, a couple with more than twenty years each in recovery, share the sound guidance and spiritual exercises that have helped their own relationship grow and thrive, and provide effective tools for achieving the relationship you desire. ISBN: 978-1-936290-65-9 6 x 9, 200 pages, paperback $15.95 US
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Riding a Straight and Twisty Road Motorcycles, Fellowship, and Personal Journeys JAMES HESKETH
A celebration of motorcycle culture and of lives recovered from active addiction. Author and avid motorcyclist James Hesketh takes you with him on the “straight and twisty” road he’s traveled from addiction to recovery—his motorcycle with him every inch of the way. Hesketh chronicles the changing history of motorcycle culture and provides insights recorded on his recent cross-country journey. A fascinating journey, not just for those who ride, but for anyone interested in recovery. ISBN: 978-1-936290-05-5 6 x 9, 224 pages, paperback $16.95 US
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Becoming Normal
Fear
An Ever-Changing Perspective
Feel It, Face It, and Grow
MARK EDICK
How the author changed his understanding of what it means to be normal and how you, too, can redefine your own normal. Follow along as author Mark Edick presents a narrative examination of his understanding of addiction and his journey to discover how to live a healthy, meaningful, and normal life. His down-to-earth approach and exploration of self-defeating thought processes offer an alternative perspective to those who struggle with the stigma associated with the disease of addiction. ISBN: 978-0-9818482-1-1 6 x 9, 208 pages, paperback $14.95 US
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One man’s journey as he struggles with fear and shares the wisdom gleaned from his his twelve-step program. Once it was normal for Mark Edick to live his life in fear—always running, always reacting, and usually acting out in destructive ways. Through learning how to live in the principles of his recovery, he found that fear can be felt, faced, and used in healthy and productive ways. His examination of destructive thought processes bring fear in its many facets into focus. ISBN: 978-1-936290-72-7 6 x 9, 256 pages, paperback $17.95 US
The Mindful Addict A Memoir of the Awakening of a Spirit TOM CATTON
An extraordinary journey from hopeless addict to spiritual teacher. In the mid-sixties, Tom Catton searched for meaning by experimenting with drugs—but instead of the spiritual connection he sought, Catton found himself hooked in the web of addiction and consumed by feelings of separation. Catton, now in longterm recovery, describes how he transcended his challenges through the study of meditation and introspection. ISBN: 978-0-9818482-7-3 6 x 9, 240 pages, paperback $18.95 US
Leave the Light On
Dopefiend A Father’s Journey from Addiction to Redemption
A Memoir of Recovery and Self-Discovery
TIM ELHAJJ
JENNIFER STORM
Once lost to addiction, a father finds a new life and a second chance with his son.
A young woman reveals her harrowing—and ultimately victorious— recovery journey.
Alternately heartwarming and inspiring, Dopefiend proves the adage that the disease of addiction tears families apart, but that recovery can put families back together again. Tim Elhajj’s story will find a receptive audience among those who have tried their best to be a good parent under the most difficult circumstances— those imposed by the consequences of their own poor decisions. ISBN: 978-1-936290-63-5 6 x 9, 224 pages, paperback $16.95 US
Jennifer Storm’s first highly acclaimed memoir, Blackout Girl, tells the haunting story of her downward spiral into addiction. But against all odds, she survived, and ultimately thrived. Leave the Light On offers a deeper look into Jennifer’s inspiring story of survival and transformation. With fearless honesty, she chronicles her journey as she embarked upon a new life in recovery. ISBN: 978-0-9818482-2-8 6 x 9, 240 pages, paperback $14.95 US
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INSPIRATIONAL
REFERENCE AND JOURNALS
Guide Me in My Recovery
The Soul Workout
Prayers for Times of Joy and Times of Trial
Getting and Staying Spiritually Fit
THE REVEREND JOHN T. FARRELL, PhD
HELEN H. MOORE
When the words won’t come, this book can help.
Strengthen your spiritual fitness through simple and thoughtful actions.
Filled with words of worship for “times of trial and times of joy,” this book features original prayers, as well as those synthesized from common prayers and devotional writings. ISBN: 978-1-936290-00-0 4 ½ x 6 ½, 214 pages, paperback $12.95 US
Hardcover Gift Edition
ISBN: 978-1-936290-02-4 4 ½ x 6 ½, 214 pages, hardcover $19.95 US
This insightful guide offers easy-to-follow suggestions for implementing soul-building acts into your busy life each day. The author shares the no-nonsense directions she gleaned from twelve-step recovery. Practicing these simple actions brought her soul to life, and along with prayer and meditation, has improved her conscious contact with her higher power. ISBN: 978-0-9799869-8-7 5 x 7 ¼, 128 pages, paperback $12.95 US
Of Character
The Truth Begins with You
Building Assets in Recovery
Reflections to Heal Your Spirit
DENISE CROSSON, PhD
CLAUDIA BLACK, PhD
Reflective narratives address assets that help build character as the “old way” of living is shed.
Empower your life!
A powerful read that offers fresh perspective on topics such as commitment, devotion, forgiveness, and integrity. Uses quotes from various sources to describe how the principles embodied in the Twelve Steps can enrich an individual’s life. ISBN: 978-0-9799869-2-5 5 x 7 ¼, 128 pages, paperback $12.95 US
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An inspiring collection of healing messages that offer comfort, encouragement, and hope to those who have suffered loss or survived a painful childhood or traumatic event in their lives. Illuminated with vibrant, evocative illustrations by Nevada artist Lynne Adamson, Claudia Black’s transformative insights provide many moments for daily reflection. ISBN: 978-1-936290-61-1 4 ½ x 6 ½, 186 pages, paperback $17.95 US
Behavioral Addiction
My Five-Year Recovery Planner
Screening, Assessment, and Treatment
Looking to the Future, One Day at a Time
AN-PYNG SUN, PhD; LARRY ASHLEY, EdS;
THE EDITORS OF CENTRAL RECOVERY PRESS
AND LESLEY DICKSON, MD
A reference manual that presents a compelling discussion of behavioral addiction.
Reinforces the benefit of “doing the footwork,” and working toward the result one desires.
The science of addiction and its screening and treatment are examined and defined in a collaborative effort by three expert researchers and educators. This comprehensive volume is a must-read for those working in the addiction field, as well as those interested in learning more about this devastating disease.
This planner is unique among self-help guidebooks because you create it yourself with just a little help and a lot of inspiration. Whether your passion is reading, writing, drawing, photography, or scrapbooking, you will find in these pages a guide for putting that passion to work as you build your future in recovery, one day at a time.
ISBN: 978-1-936290-97-0 6 x 9, 256 pages, paperback $18.95 US
ISBN: 978-0-9818482-9-7 7 ½ x 9, 160 pages, hardcover $19.95 US
My First Year in Recovery
Recovery A to Z
A Journal for the Journey
A Handbook of Twelve-Step Key Terms and Phrases
THE EDITORS OF CENTRAL RECOVERY PRESS
THE EDITORS OF CENTRAL RECOVERY PRESS
The perfect way for people in recovery to capture the first year of their new life.
An invaluable resource for those new, and not so new, to the language of recovery.
More than just a journal, My First Year in Recovery encourages individuals in their first year of recovery to examine various aspects of their journey. This revised edition contains short “teaser” sentences throughout to help guide journaling. Updated inspirational quotations reinforce the process.
Here is the perfect reference book and a must-have for anyone interested in twelve-step recovery. This updated edition is brimming with the latest information to make the sometimes confusing vernacular of recovery easy to understand for newcomers (and old timers as well).
ISBN: 978-0-9818482-4-2 7 ½ x 9, 160 pages, hardcover $19.95 US
ISBN: 978-1-936290-04-8 6 x 9, 256 pages, paperback $15.95 US
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YOUNG READERS
DISCOVER RECOVERY
Exploring the Steps
The Secret of Willow Ridge Gabe’s Dad Finds Recovery
Mommy’s Coming Home from Treatment
HELEN H. MOORE
DENISE CROSSON, PhD
ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN BLACKFORD
ILLUSTRATED BY MIKE MOTZ
Addresses emotional and social issues children of addicts face.
Janey learns about recovery after addiction treatment.
Bestselling children’s author Helen H. Moore takes young readers on a journey with Gabe, a likeable ten-year-old who is reeling from the effects of his father’s addiction. But Gabe is about to embark on a hopeful journey that leads him to take pride in his dad’s greatest accomplishment: recovery.
In this sequel to Mommy’s Gone to Treatment, Janey learns to face some of the challenges her family must confront as they adjust to their new way of life. Includes a parent’s guide to help talk with children about what happens after a parent or loved one returns from addiction treatment.
ISBN: 978-0-9818482-0-4 5 ½ x 8 ½, 128 pages, paperback $12.95 US
ISBN: 978-0-9799869-4-9 8 x 8, 44 pages, paperback $14.95 US
Mommy’s Gone to Treatment
First Star I See
DENISE CROSSON, PhD
JAYE ANDRAS CAFFREY
ILLUSTRATED BY MIKE MOTZ
ILLUSTRATED BY LYNNE ADAMSON
Janey and her family face the complexities of addiction.
A lively, enchanting story that wonderfully captures the daily ups and downs of being a child with AD/HD.
It’s hard enough to explain to an adult how addiction can affect an individual—just imagine what a child must think when a parent suddenly goes from a loving and nurturing mother to a screaming stranger. Written in easy-tounderstand language with brightly colored illustrations, this book is about Janey and how she learns about her mother’s addiction. ISBN: 978-0-9799869-1-8 8 x 8, 44 pages, paperback $14.95 US
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Paige Bradley desperately wants to meet her TV idol, Dr. Kelsey Strongheart—and she has a chance to do it. Only one thing stands in her way: Paige herself. The winner of a school writing contest will earn a meeting with Dr. Strongheart. Can Paige overcome her AD/HD in time to achieve her goal? ISBN: 978-1-936290-01-7 5 ½ x 8 ½, 160 pages, paperback $12.95 US
Exploring Steps: Guides to the Twelve Steps for Individuals and Families is a unique and valuable set of tools to help facilitate the recovery process from a twelve-step-oriented perspective. These stateof-the-art resources have been developed by professionals with extensive experience in the fields of behavioral health and addiction treatment, as well as numerous years of personal recovery. This series of twelve 5 ½” x 8 ½” saddle-stitched booklets, ranging from thirty-two to fortyeight pages each, integrates the time-tested wisdom and spiritual principles of the Twelve Steps with the most effective current counseling theory and practice approaches. Individual step booklets are available as electronic downloads through the Central Recovery Press online bookstore. A separate booklet is devoted to each step, exploring the meaning of the step and the concepts that are essential to it, in addition to providing the psychoeducation needed for a richer understanding of the material. There are also knowledge and skills-building opportunities to apply the principles of each step in one’s life, whether as someone who struggles with addiction or as a family member/significant other of someone with addiction. For Individuals—Exploring Steps: Guides for Individuals are specific to each of the Twelve Steps for individuals wrestling with their own addiction. For example, Step One focuses on being powerless over addiction (as opposed to a specific substance) and details how to examine the unmanageability in one’s life. It discusses addiction as a brain disease and describes the dynamics of mental/emotional obsession, physical/ behavioral compulsion, and spiritual self-centeredness. The defense mechanisms of minimization, avoidance, denial, and rationalization, as well as the spiritual principles of surrender, honesty, and acceptance, are also addressed. ISBN: 978-1-937612-21-4 • $29.95 (box of twelve booklets)
For Families—Exploring Steps: Guides for Families are specific to the issues and needs of family members and significant others. Because addiction is a family disease, affecting virtually all significant others in an addict’s life, recovery for family members is a critical, yet often underaddressed, aspect of the healing process. The havoc that active addiction creates in families and relationships affects everyone in those “systems”—parents, children, siblings, spouses, partners, etc. The wreckage left in the wake of the addiction of a family member or significant other exerts a serious health impact on everyone involved. ISBN: 978-1-937612-22-1 • $29.95 (box of twelve booklets)
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CRP EDITIONS CRP Editions are e-books that go where you go—on your portable reader, smartphone, or laptop—offering “just-right” sized informative material that bridges the gap between magazine article and full-length book. Averaging about 20,000 words each, CRP Editions are useful for professionals looking to update their knowledge base or consumers who wish to further their own education. Individual titles concentrate on a single topic and theme, making them easy-toread as well as timely. At a price ranging from $0.99 to $2.99 an e-book, CRP Editions keep you informed on the issues you care about, at an affordable price. Legacy of Shame and the Addictive Process, by Claudia Black, PhD, is derived from a talk that Dr. Black gave at the US Journal Training Conference in March of 2011. Dr. Black is a renowned addiction author, speaker, and trainer internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders. ISBN: 978-1-936290-67-3 • $1.99
Close Encounters with Addiction is a lecture Dr. Gabor Maté gave at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles in April of 2011. He talks about his experience as a physician and how many of his patients suffer from mental illness, drug addiction, and HIV or all three. Widely recognized for his firmly held belief in the connection between mind and body health, he is a sought-after speaker and seminar leader on these topics. ISBN: 978-1-936290-69-7 • $2.99
Pain and Addiction: A Challenging Co-Occurring Disorder, by Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM, is derived from Dr. Pohl’s popular lecture, which he shares around the country. Dr. Pohl is a board-certified family practitioner and the Medical Director of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC). He is the author of numerous books on pain recovery and was a key force in developing the Chronic Pain Recovery Program at LVRC.
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Echoes of Penn State: Facing Sexual Trauma, by Jennifer Storm, is a powerful response to the Jerry Sandusky adolescent sex abuse case. Mixing elements of her own story of victimization as a preteen along with a stunning critique of the handling of the scandal, Jennifer has created a document that is required reading for anyone trying to find answers in this unfolding tragedy. ISBN: 978-1-937612-35-1 • $1.99
Fifty Years in the Service of Addiction Treatment: An Evolution in Paradigm and Policy, by David E. Smith, MD, FASAM, takes the reader from Dr. Smith’s founding of the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinics in the mid-sixties—to the passage of the Parity Act in 2008—and the drive toward the “medicalization” of addiction treatment we see today.
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