Suggestions from our team
People ask us what books we suggest or what literature to read. People also ask us what cameras we use and where did you get that shirt! Here are some suggestions from the RAWKstars.
Remember. Using our links to find stuff helps us continue to offer these resources for FREE. So help us out.
From the Volunteer crew
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RECOVERY LITERATURE:
The Four Agreements ~ Don Miguel Ruiz
https://amzn.to/3TyMNjx3 Book Set
https://amzn.to/3MpAVfJToltec Wisdom Series 6-book set
https://amzn.to/3Z8CRk6
The Gifts of Imperfection ~ Brene Brown
https://amzn.to/4cKjPnj3 Book Set
https://amzn.to/3Mrnwnf
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck ~ Mark Manson
https://amzn.to/478RgyMTaking Charge of Adult ADHD
https://amzn.to/3AGQ4q6No Bad Parts ~ Richard Schwartz
https://amzn.to/4g7zSOXMan's Search For Meaning ~ Viktor E. Frankl
https://amzn.to/3MqDxcX
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Reading List
Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
https://amzn.to/4g4wm82Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening
https://amzn.to/4g4wiFkThe Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive
https://amzn.to/3WZXZGsThe Recovering Heart: Emotional Sobriety for Women
https://amzn.to/4dLf9PkA Place Called Self: Women, Sobriety & Radical Transformation
https://amzn.to/4cL6MC7A Place Called Self A Companion Workbook: Women, Sobriety, and Radical Transformation
https://amzn.to/3AWZJc8The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain
https://amzn.to/476jc6g
It's OK That You're Not OK
https://amzn.to/4dVGoqe
Other:
The Curable App:
Provides evidence-based chronic pain lessons in your pocket. It uses a combination of pain science education and research-backed techniques to address pain from every angle. The program helps you connect the dots between what’s happening in your brain, in your body, and in your life, to get a full picture of what's causing your symptoms and how to relieve them.
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Beloved (or feared) by all, the Master of RAWKstars Studios Lord Dorian has presided over the studio while AlexC has facilitated countless meetings. He has also ruled over an untold number of SMART Recovery Facilitator trainings. He has graciously allowed us to post his favorite things. Have a look.
Kitty Litter Trapping Mat
Keeps his litter from sticking to his paws so he doesn't get it in the keyboard while stopping by meetings:
https://amzn.to/46gApcYökocat Super Soft Natural Wood Clumping Litter
This stuff clumps easy and doesn't smell. LOVE it.
https://amzn.to/4cSqEnPCat Feeder
Where he eats and drinks:
https://amzn.to/4fk5MaLSeresto Cat Collar
Keeps the bugs away:
https://amzn.to/46mty1MHill's Prescription Diet c/d Multicare Urinary Care
What he eats to prevent urinary crystals.
Perscription: https://amzn.to/46pSWni
Non-Perscription: https://amzn.to/3WkQIkiViralys L-Lysine Supplement
Immunohealth:
https://amzn.to/3yaKKuf
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Books, Gear, and other stuff that I love.
RECOVERY LITERATURE:The SMART Recovery Handbook
The beginning of my recovery. This gave me the tools I needed to finally figure out how to deal with what life throws at us:
https://www.recoveryrawkstars.com/posts/smart-handbookSMART Recovery Family & Friends
As a person who loves someone in addiction you wouldn't think we need our own handbook, but the Family & Friends handbook is bigger than the recovery Handbook. LOTS we can use to deal with the chaos that sometimes follows our loved ones.
https://recoveryrawkstars.squarespace.com/posts/smart-ff-handbookAA Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book)
The main text of A.A.
https://www.recoveryrawkstars.com/posts/the-big-bookTwelve Steps & Twelve Traditions (12&12)
A more in-depth dive of the 12 steps.
https://www.recoveryrawkstars.com/posts/twelve-n-twelveMeditations ~ Marcus Aurelius
The private writings of the Stoic Emperor
https://www.recoveryrawkstars.com/posts/meditations-bookMotivational Interviewing 4th Edition ~ William R. Miller & Stephen Rollnick
https://amzn.to/3MKwT1A
1st Edition
https://amzn.to/4gEnKFA
GEAR/misc.:Knife Sharpening Stone Set
I'm too cheap to send it out to be done so I do it myself. Cheap and good set!
https://amzn.to/4fhYpR3
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As other volunteers make their lists, we will post them here. Keep coming back to see what's new.