Resources for bipoc in RECOVERY

Books About BIPOC & Recovery

Chestnut, Glenn F. Early Heroes of Black AA: Their Stories and Their Messages. South Bend, IN: Book Patch LLC, 2017. Print. 

hooks, bell. Sisters Of the Yam : Black Women and Self-Recovery. Boston, MA :South End Press, 1993.

Kindred, Bobbi. This (Boi)yant Body: Narratives of a queer Black boi and the waters that carry them. Daly City, CA: Conviction2Change LLC, 2018.

Menakem, Resmaa. My Grandmother’s Hands. Central Recovery Press, 2017.

Articles About BIPOC & Recovery

Jackson, Mary S, et al. “Afrocentric Treatment in Residential Substance Abuse Care: The Iwo San.” Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 14, no. 1, 1997, pp. 87–92.

Roberts, Amelia, et al. “Revisiting the Need for Feminism and Afrocentric Theory When Treating African-American Female Substance Abusers.” Journal of Drug Issues, vol. 30, no. 4, 2000, pp. 901–917.

Wellbriety Movement:

Land Acknowledgement https://native-land.ca  

Elders Daily Meditation http://wellbriety.com/meditations/ 

Welbriety Teachings http://wellbriety.com/wellbriety-teachings/ 

Native American Al-Anon Speaker Recordings http://wellbriety.com/al-anon-speaker-tapes/