Essential Resources for Addiction Recovery & Education

  • The Gift of Gratitude - Recovery Edition

    Dr. Bob Weathers with Leigh Spusta

    “The Gift of Gratitude – Recovery Edition“ is a powerful vehicle and framework that allows you to add a life changing gratitude component to your daily recovery practice. iAwake® Technologies’ resident recovery expert, Dr. Bob Weathers, and brain entrainment wizard, Leigh Spusta, have created this extraordinary tool to add power, energy, joy, and efficacy to your daily recovery journey.

    Available as download or CD.

  • The Freedom of Forgiveness

    Dr. Bob Weathers with Douglas Prater

    Forgiveness is essential for healing, transformation, and authentic happiness. We have all been hurt by others, and we have all hurt others ourselves. With “The Freedom of Forgiveness,” Dr. Bob Weathers and Douglas Prater have created a powerful new tool and practice to help us experience the freedom of forgiveness.

    A joint project between iAwake® Technologies and Integral Recovery Institute.

    Available as download or CD.

  • Calm-Mapping

    Dr. Bob Weathers

    Four, increasing-length introductions to mapping calmer states of body and mind -- through mindful awareness practice.

    Plus, two ambient, music-only compositions by Dr. Bob Weathers to accompany your personal meditations.

    Available as download or streaming on Bandcamp, Apple Music, & Spotify

    Note: Dr. Weathers has recorded and released a whole series of primarily ambient electronica albums, combining his love for music, poetry, indeed all forms of creative self-expression. You are welcome to explore these resources on Bandcamp, Apple Music, & Spotify under “Dr. Bob Weathers.”

  • Integral Recovery: A Revolutionary Approach to the Treatment of Alcoholism and Addiction

    John Dupuy Foreword by Dr. Bob Weathers

    This audiobook is for everyone who is suffering from the disease of addiction or who cares about someone who is: for addicts, their families and friends, and their health care providers.

  • Mind-Body Workbook for Addiction

    Dr. Stanley Block/Guy du Plessis Foreword by Dr. Bob Weathers

    Seeking treatment for substance abuse or addiction is half the battle—staying sober is the other. In this important book, physician Stanley Block and addiction specialist Guy du Plessis present a powerful, easy-to-use program for overcoming addiction utilizing the mind-body bridging modality.

    Certified as an evidence-based intervention by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and listed on the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs (NREPP).

  • Lessons in Forgiveness (Part One)

    Dr. Bob Weathers & others

    Dr. Bob Weathers is featured in this first film (of a two-part series). “Lessons in Forgiveness” is a breakthrough documentary about the act of forgiveness, overcoming resentment, spiritual detox, and how to live a healthy and meaningful life.

    The film features best-selling authors, psychologists, therapists, and researchers —all experts on forgiveness. The purpose of the film is to guide the viewers and to inspire them to embark on a forgiveness journey.

  • Lessons in Forgiveness (Part Two)

    Dr. Bob Weathers & others

    Dr. Bob Weathers is featured in this second film (of a two-part series). “Lessons in Forgiveness” is a breakthrough documentary about the act of forgiveness, overcoming resentment, spiritual detox, and how to live a healthy and meaningful life.

    The film features best-selling authors, psychologists, therapists, and researchers —all experts on forgiveness. The purpose of the film is to guide the viewers and to inspire them to embark on a forgiveness journey.

  • Changing Face of Addiction: Disconnection, Dissociation, Identifying as Victim

    Colette Baron-Reid & Dr. Bob Weathers

    First “Deep Transformation” podcast (of a two-part series), hosted by authors Dr. Roger Walsh and John Dupuy, where two addiction recovery experts discuss: the impact of intrapsychic dissociation and interpersonal disconnection on vulnerability to addictive behaviors, as well as the sociocultural consequences of only identifying oneself as a victim.

  • Humanizing Addiction, Sustaining Long-Term Recovery

    Colette Baron-Reid & Dr. Bob Weathers

    Second “Deep Transformation” podcast (of a two-part series), hosted by authors Dr. Roger Walsh and John Dupuy, where two addiction recovery experts discuss: : healing the long-term effects of trauma, stigma, and shame; plus, practical ideas for creating lives of connection, service, and gratitude.

  • Addiction Recovery & Nervous System Regulation (Part One)

    Dr. Bob Weathers & Angela MacLeod

    Introduces practical ways of befriending our bodies and brains by applying the latest insights from brain science. We can build recovery resilience through regular daily practice!

  • Addiction Recovery & Nervous System Regulation (Part Two)

    Dr. Bob Weathers & Angela MacLeod

    Part Two of an introduction to practical ways of befriending our bodies and brains by applying the latest insights from brain science. We can build recovery resilience through regular daily practice!

  • Close Up Radio Spotlights Recovery Coach, Dr. Bob Weathers (Part One)

    Host Jim Masters interviews Dr. Bob Weathers

    Featured on a recent Close Up Radio broadcast, Dr. Bob Weathers discusses his understanding of addiction and recovery from the inside.

  • Close Up Radio Spotlights Recovery Coach, Dr. Bob Weathers (Part Two)

    Host Jim Masters interviews Dr. Bob Weathers

    In a follow-up radio interview, Dr. Bob Weathers discusses  shame — its relationship to addiction (and other mental health challenges) — as well as its healing. 

  • Shame, Guilt, and Addiction

    Sandstone Care Podcast featuring Dr. Bob Weathers

    In this episode, you'll hear Dr. Bob Weathers explain:

    » What are shame and guilt in relation to addiction
    » How shame and guilt are felt in the body
    » How to combat negative shame and guilt in recovery

  • The Gift of Gratitude

    Dr. Bob Weathers with Leigh Spusta

    Gratitude: imagine how powerful its daily practice might be for you. In “The Gift of Gratitude,” Dr. Bob Weathers and Leigh Spusta provide concrete guidelines, powerfully enhanced by binaural entrainment, for you to take just a few minutes each day to consciously remind yourself of all you are thankful for.

    Available as download or CD.

  • Haiku and You: Creative Process as Daily Practice

    Dr. Bob Weathers

    This short volume of my own original poetry, followed by guided invitations to your own private journaling and sharing with others, invites you to read slowly, then respond, as you feel prompted: writing it down, or painting it, or rendering it in song.

    The aim here is to encourage each of us to set aside what time we might each day -- for spontaneous creation, which after all, is what the soul or heart within each individual most wants to be and do.

    Available in hardcover, paperback, or Kindle.

  • Imagine: Creative Exercises in Art, Poetry, & Music

    Drs. Bob Weathers & Kevin Fujimoto

    My dear, lifelong friend, Kevin, and I collaborated on this book -- combining my love for music and poetry (his, too), plus Kevin's incredibly keen eye for beauty. His original paintings, and then his tying those images to my own, original poetry, are featured throughout. Add to that, then, my linking original music I've composed. Our subtitle ("Creative Exercises") means this book is intended for you, the reader to join in, as well, by means of personal reflections and daily responses evoked by Kevin's and my entries.

    Available in hardcover, paperback, or Kindle.

  • Reflections for Three

    Dr. Bob Weathers & Amanda Tate, MSW

    My daughter, Amanda, and I collaborated on this initial book -- combining my love for music and poetry (hers, too), plus Amanda's incredibly keen eye for beauty. The book is intended for the reader to join in, as well, by means of personal reflections and daily exercises. Each entry is linked to an original musical piece, composed specifically for this project. A co-created bounty is what we envisioned here...Enjoy!

    Available in hardcover, paperback, or Kindle.

  • Shame in the Therapy Hour

    Drs. Edward Teyber, Faith McClure, & Bob Weathers, plus others

    Master clinicians from a wide variety of different theoretical and practice orientations offer candid insights into all aspects of shame, including how it develops, how it relates to psychological difficulties, how to recognize it, and how to help clients resolve it.

    Available in hardcover.

  • Jungian Psychotherapy & Contemporary Infant Research

    Dr. Mario Jacoby Translation by Dr. Bob Weathers

    Infant research observations and hypotheses have raised serious questions about previous mainstream psychoanalytic theories of earliest childhood development.

    In this book, Mario Jacoby shows how early emotional exchange processes, though becoming superimposed in adult life by rational control and various defenses, remain operative and become reactivated in situations of intimacy.

    Available in hardcover or Kindle.

  • The Craving Mind

    Dr. Judson Brewer

    The craving mind: From cigarettes to smartphones to love – Why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits. A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer them.

    Available in paperback or Kindle.

  • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

    Dr. Gabor Maté

    Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, this book radically re-envisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach.

    Available in paperback or Kindle.

  • Pleasure Unwoven

    Dr. Kevin McCauley

    An explanation of the brain disease of addiction. The important question about addiction is: "Is it really a "disease?" This video essay presents the arguments for and against this question.

    Available in DVD .

  • Memo to Self

    Dr. Kevin McCauley

    Protecting sobriety with the science of safety. In this film, Dr. Kevin McCauley re-lives his own precarious early sobriety - negotiating hazards such as hostile prosecutors, treatment programs with divided loyalties, and his own craving brain.

    Available in DVD.

  • The Addictive Brain

    Dr. Thad Polk

    Addiction touches us all. What happens when your brain is on drugs? Discover the neural mechanisms that underlie the behaviors of addiction.

    Available in DVD.

  • Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model

    Jan Winhall, MSW

    In sharp contrast with the current top-down medicalized method to treating addiction, this book presents the felt sense polyvagal model (FSPM), a paradigm-shifting, bottom-up approach that considers addiction as an adaptive attempt to regulate emotional states and trauma.

    This text’s informed, compassionate approach to understanding and treating trauma and addiction is adaptable to any school of psychotherapy and will appeal to addiction experts, trauma specialists, and clinicians in all mental health fields.

    Available in paperback or Kindle.

  • Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change

    Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, Nicole Kosanke, & Stephanie Higgs

    The groundbreaking method that upends current treatment models and “offers collective hope to families of substance abusers” (Kirkus Reviews), helping loved ones conquer addiction and compulsion problems through positive reinforcement and kindness—from the leaders in progressive addiction treatment in the US.

    Available in hardcover, paperback, or Kindle.