LRK believes passionately in all pathways of recovery. We consider all pathways to be a form of reducing harm, whether you recover naturally, use medication-assisted recovery, or choose abstinence-based recovery. You are ALL welcome here. This page is dedicated to providing the most useful resources for people in recovery, those who are curious, and friends and family who are looking to support loved ones. By no means is it comprehensive, but it includes a detailed list of resources that we have found to be useful in the journey of recovery and in building community support.

Pathways of Recovery

There are many pathways to recovery: mutual-aid groups (MA), recovery sports, religion, culturally-specific, BIPOC-specific, young people's pathways (including recovery schools and colleges), recovery coaching, and clinical and therapeutic help. What’s great about this variety of pathways is that they support you in creating a range of recovery goals. For more information on pathways to recover, read our article Multiple Pathways of Recovery.

Non-12 Step Mutual-Aid Recovery Groups

National Alliance for Medication-Assisted Recovery

BIPOC Recovery Resources

Native American Rehabilitation Association

LGBTQIA+ Resources

National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network

Culturally-Specific Recovery Pathways

Clinical Pathways of Recovery

American Board of Professional Psychology

National Register of Health Service Psychologists

Online Recovery courses

Workit Health

Join Tempest

Soberful Program

This Naked Mind

Alternative Pathways of Recovery

These courses can be taken while attending mutual-aid groups, or as the sole means of recovery.

Recovery Coaches International

Somatic Experiencing

Nutritional Therapies

Buddhist Recovery Network

Recovery Community Organizations

Association of Recovery Community Organizations

Collegiate Recovery & Recovery Highschools

Association of Recovery in Higher Education

Online Community Support Groups

In these groups you can build a community of support. Recovery is tough; we need a range of people to call on who can relate to our experience and sometimes just listen.

Life After 12-Step Recovery

SHE RECOVERS Together, Portland

Soberful

Refuge Recovery UK

Reddit for Recovery

Advocacy Organizations & Advocates

Young People in Recovery

Facing Addiction

Oregon Recovers

Addiction Policy Forum

Faces & Voices of Recovery

The Rooms Project

I Am Not Anonymous

National Recovery Month

The Herren Project

Harm Reduction Coalition

Face It Together

Brooke Feldman

Writers and journalists writing about recovery

Olivia Pennelle

Helaina Hovitz

Brooke Feldman

Zachary A Siegel

Laura McKowen

The Sober Senorita

Recovery Publications, Blogs & Websites

The Fix

Recovery Campus

Recovery.org

The Phoenix Spirit

Reach Out Recovery

The Sobriety Collective

She Recovers

SobrieTea Party

Life To Be Continued

The Recovery Revolution

Tammi Salas

She Does The City

Miracles Are Brewing

The Sober Senorita

In The Rooms

She Recovers

I Love Recovery Cafe

The Miracle of the Mundane

Quit Wining

Laura McKowen

Sasha Tozzi

Sober Unicorn

Last Call Blog

Unpickled Blog

Mrs D is Going Without

LGBTteetotaler

William White Papers

Sober Evolution

Lara Frazier

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Harm Reduction Coalition

National Institute on Drug Abuse

popular addiction Recovery Books

These books have been read by LRK and we highly recommend them, particularly the book Childhood Disrupted. They cover the crucial aspects of addiction recovery: emotional development, relational recovery, finding creative outlets, and recovering the capacity to self-regulate.

Childhood Disrupted, Donna Jackson Nakazawa

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gabor Mate

Daring Greatly, Brene Brown

When the Body Says No, Gabor Mate

Trauma to Dharma, Azita Nahai

Braving the Wilderness, Brene Brown

The Body Keeps Score, Bessel van der Kolk

The Miracle Morning, Hal Elrod

Unbroken Brain, Maia Szalavitz

Hardwiring Happiness, Rick Hanson

Drink, Ann Dowsett Johnston

Refuge Recovery, Noah Levine

Taking Refuge, Tara Brach

Codependent No More, Melody Beattie

Attached, Amir Levine & Rachel Heller

Real Love, Sharon Salzberg

Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Guided day book

Recovery Podcasts

These podcasts are popular within the recovery community. You may hear Liv on some of them!

The Bubble Hour

Soberful Podcast

The Recovery Revolution

The Unruffled Podcast

Drop the Needle

Spiritualist

Narcotica

Rescue the Rescuer

addiction Recovery Support for family

Addiction is a family disease, meaning it affects our loved ones too. Here are some support resources for the families and loved ones of those with substance use disorder.

National Association for Children of Alcoholics

Addiction Resources in Portland, Oregon

Below is a sampling of addiction recovery resources in Portland, Oregon. These organizations support the broad range of issues that people in recovery face, including homelessness, getting back on our feet, finding recovery support organizations, and developing advocacy. Most of these resources are free.