It isn't possible, in a booklet of this length, to do much more than skim the surface of some important recent advances in addiction research and a few techniques of personal growth and discovery.

For this reason, we hope Total Recovery will serve as a point of departure for a much deeper -- and much longer lasting-independent investigation on your part.

We also hope that you'll find the following resources (listed in no particular order) useful in continuing your work in recovery -- and expanding your journey through life.

Just don't spend all your time looking for yourself in a book.

You're too important to the rest of us out here.

Suggested Reading

• Everyday Zen: Love and Work. Charlotte Joko Beck. Harper & Row.
• The Relaxation Response. Herbert Benson. Morrow.
• Positive Addiction. William Glasser. Harper & Row.
• Peace Is Every Step. Thich Nhat Hanh. Bantam Books.
• Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life. Jon Kabat-Zinn. Hyperion.
• Shaving the Inside of Your Skull: Crazy Wisdom For Discovering Who You Really Are. Mel Ash. G.P. Putnam.
• The Hidden Addiction And How To Get Free. Janice Keller Phelps & Alan E. Nourse. Little, Brown.
• Journey of Awakening: A Meditator's Guidebook. Ram Dass. Bantam Books.
• Playing Ball On Running Water. David K. Reynolds. Morrow.
• Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan. Carlos Castaneda. Washington Square Press.
• Compassion and Self-Hate: An Alternative To Despair. Theodore Isaac Rubin. Collier Books.