THE EARLYSOBRIETY.COM BOOK VAULT
Your one-stop library for recovery, healing, emotional sobriety, trauma, identity rebuilding, relationships, creative recovery, and long-term growth.
This library includes books from the main Books page plus an expanded collection, organized so you can browse by need, stage, or symptom.
This is the biggest curated recovery book collection online.
Core Recovery Foundations
Recovery Basics
Living Sober — AA World Services
Rewired — Erica Spiegelman
The 12 Steps and 12 Traditions — AA World Services
The SMART Recovery Handbook — SMART Recovery
Refuge Recovery — Noah Levine
This Naked Mind — Annie Grace
Quit Like a Woman — Holly Whitaker
Daily Readers
The Language of Letting Go — Melody Beattie
Journey to the Heart — Melody Beattie
Touchstones — Hazelden
Keep It Simple — Hazelden
Each Day a New Beginning — Karen Casey
24 Hours a Day — Richard Walker
Neuroscience, Dopamine & Cravings
Cravings, Habit Loops & Urges
The Craving Mind — Judson Brewer
Dopamine Nation — Anna Lembke
Atomic Habits — James Clear
The Power of Habit — Charles Duhigg
The Molecule of More — Daniel Lieberman
Brain Fog, PAWS & Executive Function
Unbroken Brain — Maia Szalavitz
Healing the Addicted Brain — Harold Urschel
The Upward Spiral — Alex Korb
Why We Sleep — Matthew Walker
The Extended Mind — Annie Murphy Paul
Trauma, Somatic Healing & Nervous System Regulation
Trauma & the Body
The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk
Waking the Tiger — Peter Levine
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving — Pete Walker
Trauma and Recovery — Judith Herman
Nervous System + Overwhelm
Anchored — Deb Dana
Polyvagal Theory in Therapy — Deb Dana
You Are Here — Thich Nhat Hanh
The Mindful Way Workbook — Teasdale, Williams, Segal
Boundaries, Emotional Safety & Relationships
Boundaries
Set Boundaries, Find Peace — Nedra Tawwab
Where to Draw the Line — Anne Katherine
Boundaries — Cloud & Townsend
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents — Lindsay Gibson
Attachment & Relationships
Attached — Levine & Heller
Hold Me Tight — Sue Johnson
The Dance of Intimacy — Harriet Lerner
Wired for Love — Stan Tatkin
The Mastery of Love — Don Miguel Ruiz
Communication & Interpersonal Skills
Nonviolent Communication — Marshall Rosenberg
Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist — Margalis Fjelstad
The Assertiveness Workbook — Randy Paterson
Codependency, Enmeshment & Family Systems
Codependency
Codependent No More — Melody Beattie
The New Codependency — Melody Beattie
Facing Codependence — Pia Mellody
Codependency for Dummies — Darlene Lancer
Family Systems & Childhood Patterns
Lost in the Shuffle — Robert Subby
Family Secrets — John Bradshaw
It Didn’t Start With You — Mark Wolynn
Running on Empty — Jonice Webb
Shame, Guilt, Self-Worth & Emotional Healing
Shame & Self-CompassioHealing the Shame That Binds You — John Bradshaw
The Gifts of Imperfection — Brené Brown
Self-Compassion — Kristin Neff
I Thought It Was Just Me — Brené Brown
Emotional Whiplash & Dysregulation
DBT Skills Workbook — McKay, Wood, Brantley
Radical Acceptance — Tara Brach
Radical Compassion — Tara Brach
The Happiness Trap — Russ Harris (ACT therapy)
Identity Loss, Rebuilding & Personal Growth
Identity After Addiction
Rewired — Erica Spiegelman
Designing Your Life — Burnett & Evans
The Four Agreements — Don Miguel Ruiz
Creativity & Self-Expression
The Artist’s Way — Julia Cameron
Big Magic — Elizabeth Gilbert
The Creative Act — Rick Rubin
Writing Down the Bones — Natalie Goldberg
Loneliness, Disconnection & Sense of Self
Belonging & Connection
Braving the Wilderness — Brené Brown
The Anatomy of Loneliness — Teal Swan
Lost Connections — Johann Hari
Internal Resilience
The Mountain Is You — Brianna Wiest
Untamed — Glennon Doyle
Nutrition, Health & Body Regulation
Nutrition & Mood
Eat to Beat Depression & Anxiety — Drew Ramsey
The Hungry Brain — Stephan Guyenet
The Hunger Fix — Pam Peeke
Sleep & Physical Recovery
Why We Sleep — Matthew Walker
The Sleep Solution — Chris Winter
Morning Routines, Night Routines & Daily Structure
Morning Routines
The Miracle Morning — Hal Elrod
The Mindful Morning — David Dillard-Wright
Night Routines & Sleep Regulation
The Sleep Solution — Chris Winter
Say Good Night to Insomnia — Gregg Jacobs
Rebuilding Your Life: Skills, Goals & Meaning
Behavior Change
Tiny Habits — BJ Fogg
Atomic Habits — James Clear
The Upward Spiral — Alex Korb
Long-Term Recovery & Life Design
Designing Your Life — Burnett & Evans
The Power of Purpose — Richard Leider
Memoirs & Narrative Recovery
Memoirs
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts — Gabor Maté
Drinking: A Love Story — Caroline Knapp
The Night of the Gun — David Carr
Lit — Mary Karr
Blackout — Sarah Hepola
Broken — William Cope Moyers
Hybrid Recovery Narratives
Dharma Punx — Noah Levine
he Recovering — Leslie Jamison
Mindfulness, Meditation & Spiritual Grounding
You Are Here — Thich Nhat Hanh
The Miracle of Mindfulness — Thich Nhat Hanh
Wherever You Go, There You Are — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Radical Acceptance — Tara Brach
Awareness — Anthony de Mello
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