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

365 Ways to Have Fun Sober – Lisa M. Hann (Kindle book, Amazon Digital Services, 2014)	AA: Not the Only Way – Your One Stop Resource Guide to 12-Step Alternatives – Melanie Solomon (Capalo Press, 2008)
Alcohol: How to Give it Up and Be Glad You Did, A Sensible Approach – Philip Tate, Ph.D. (See Sharp Press 1997)	Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth About Addiction Treatment – and How to Get Help That Works – Anne M. Fletcher – (Penguin Books, 2013)
Powerless No Longer: Reprogramming Your Addictive Behavior – Peter W. Soderman & Michael Werner (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013)	Rational Drinking: How to Live Happily With or Without Alcohol – Michael Edelstein & Will Ross (Kindle book, Amazon Digital Services, 2013)
Recover:! Stop Thinking Like an Addict and Reclaim Your Life with The PERFECT Program – Stanton Peele & Ilse Thompson (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2014)	Sex, Drugs, Gambling, & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions – A. Thomas Horvath, Ph.D. (Impact Publishers, Inc. – 1998)
The Small Book – Jack Trimpey, LCSW (Delacorte Press, 1995)	When AA Doesn’t Work for You: Rational Steps to Quitting Alcohol– Albert Ellis, Ph.D. & Emmett Velten, Ph.D. (Barricade Books, Inc. Fort Lee, NJ – 1992)
Recovery Options – The Complete Guide – Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., Ph.D. (Wiley, 2000)	Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems – Advice from those who have Succeeded – Anne Fletcher (Houghton Mifflin Co., 2001)
Her Best-Kept Secret: Why Women Drink – And How They Can Regain Control Gabrielle Glaser, (Simon & Schuster, 2013)	Inspirational Dissatisfaction Steve Kind, (Draft2digital, 2021)

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).
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)
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)	The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business – Charles Duhigg (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014)
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)
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)