Sometimes when you lose your way, you find yourself.

Below are great self-help books with lots of tools for improving your self-regulation capacities and overcoming addictions. 

• Growing Beyond Survival, by Elizabeth Vermilyea 
• The PTSD Workbook, by Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula 
• The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, by Glen Schiraldi 
• Trauma and the 12 Steps, Revised and Expanded: An Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery, by Dr. Jamie Marich
• Addiction and Recovery for Dummies, by Brian Shaw, Paul Ritvo, and Jane Irvine 
• Willpower’s Not Enough: Recovering from Addictions of Every Kind, by Arnold Washton 
• Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change, A Guide for Families, by Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens and Nicole Kosanke, with Stephanie Higgs
• The Thirst for Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction and the Spiritual Path, by Christina Groff
• Becoming Medicine, by  David R. Kopacz, MD and Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow)
• Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat Zinn, MD
• In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts, by Dr. Gabor Mate, MD
• Body Keeps the Score, by Dr. Bessell van der Kolk, MD
• Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, by Dr. David Treleavan
• Blending Art Therapy and the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous - The Workbook: An Integrative Approach to Addiction Treatment, by Pamela M Hayes
• Process Not Perfection, by Dr. Jamie Marich

Research Articles:

Yoga for Addictions: a Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, March 2014

A Narrative Review of Yoga and Mindfulness as Complementary Therapies for Addiction Complementary Therapies in Medicine, February 2013  

Using Meditation in Addiction Counseling Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, October 2011  

Reducing Addictions Via the Self-Soothing Effects of Yoga Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Winter 2009  

Evaluation of a Residential Kundalini Yoga Lifestyle Pilot Program for Addiction in India Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2008

Somatic Experiencing and Expressive Arts Therapy to Support Autonomic Regulation in Trauma Treatment with Adults: A Literature Review Autonomic Regulation in Trauma Treatment with Adults: A Literature Review Daniel J. Patrick 

Using Creative Arts in Trauma Therapy: The Neuroscience of Healing  Kristi Perryman; Paul Blisard; Rochelle Moss Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 2019

The Use of Art and Music Therapy in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Lydia Aletraris, PhD,* Maria Paino, PhD, Mary Bond Edmond, PhD, Paul M. Roman, PhD, and Brian E. Bride, PhD, MSW, MPH, Journal of Addiction Nursing, December 2014

Literacy-Free 12 Step Expressive Arts Curriculum Enhances Engagement and Treatment Outcomes for Dually Diagnosed Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Melissa Davis Stuebing , MA, CAC-AD,Hjördis Lorenz , BA &Lauren M. Littlefield , PhD, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly  Volume 38, 2020