31 Jul

Substance abuse self-help book recommendations for young people?

Posted by: admin  /  Category: Self Help

I know it’s probably not saying a lot that I need a book to help me fix myself, but I tend to respond well to receiving information and then teaching myself to practice it, which in my experience has been better than actual therapy. My therapist did nothing but tell me that "everything would be okay" while prescribing me meds. And meanwhile
I have depression and anxiety and struggle with substance abuse. I used to be a university student, dropped out in my third year and moved to the city and now I’m broke, have several collections agencies after me, I party often and I am stuck in this cycle or fear and doom that basically prevents me from doing anything constructive.
What I am looking for is something I can read that has some sort of "get your sad, young life back together so you can progress into a person that productive/stable/functional"
I’m open to anything because I’m basically not knowing what to do and oddly enough yahoo answers sometimes actually has good answers from people who know based on experience.
I am scared that if I keep going this way it will not end well. Please help.

start with a program . find a group you can identify with , hold on for dear life ! it will not be easy ! AA , NA all that will help on your recovery.. it starts w/ the serenity prayer.. know your weaknesses and fight the urge to degrade yourself for non essential needs.. or move to the country and dry out .


3 Responses to “Substance abuse self-help book recommendations for young people?”

  1. blick Says:
    August 1st, 2010 at 12:39 am

    start with a program . find a group you can identify with , hold on for dear life ! it will not be easy ! AA , NA all that will help on your recovery.. it starts w/ the serenity prayer.. know your weaknesses and fight the urge to degrade yourself for non essential needs.. or move to the country and dry out .
    References :

  2. LadyMerton Says:
    August 1st, 2010 at 1:29 am

    There are many books based on the 12 Step Programs of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous- either at the library or bookstore ( including used bookstores)
    you may also find going to one of the Groups useful and get support as well

    http://www.na.org/?ID=ips-index
    http://www.aa.org/lang/en/catalog.cfm?category=2
    References :
    clean & sober for over 2 decades- One Day at a Time

  3. *~Sandra V~* Says:
    August 1st, 2010 at 2:04 am

    Many people are able to stop without going to therapy or a rehap..But it takes commitment, and finding support especially for the bad days.
    I belong to a new online community that has much support and many are in recovery too. I would join up and be part of the support there. I have heard they are going to start online meetings soon. Hope to see you there, and remember if you don’t stop it now it is only going to go down hill, which is called progression. You may have dual diagnosis and may have been self medicating. So you need to consider that medication may be needed as well.
    References :
    I am an addiction counselor http://christianflockforums.com/forum.php