Recovery Resources
Listed below are links to brochures, articles, Websites, radio shows, and magazines, with information of interest to you or your loved ones. If you don't find what you need here, call the Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center (ISAIC), 1-866-242-4111, for further information.
If you are looking for a support group, check out this link to mutual aid groups.
Websites
Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center (ISAIC), sponsor of RecoveryIowa.org, is a portal to alcohol, drug, and gambling information that you can trust
1-800-Bets Off, Gambling information and referral
Recovery Schools, High schools & colleges with both academic and recovery goals
stopandstartover.org helps addicts and alcoholics get information about how to get better. It demystifies the process of recovery
Blogs and Online Communities
The Recovery Resources Blog, from Hazelden
In the Rooms. In The Rooms is a comprehensive online social network for the Recovery community, whose mission is to help, inform, touch, connect, and heal those already in Recovery, seeking Recovery and the family and friends supporting Recovery.
The Second Road an online community by and for people in recovery from addictions of all kinds
Recovery Radio, Recovery Radio blog covers news and views
Daily Reflections, Online Blog of Reflections by A.A. Members for A.A. Members
Addiction Recovery Blog, recovering alcoholics and addicts can share their experiences
Brochures, Pamphlets, Fact Sheets, Books
Know Your Rights, brochure 
Conozca sus Derechos, Spanish language
Know Your Rights Manual for Sponsors and Trainers
Coverage for Addition and Mental Illness: Now It is the Law
tip sheet for consumers explaining the impact of the new parity law on
coverage for addiction treatment
Advocacy with Anonymity A
brochure from Faces and Voices of Recovery that provides members of Twelve
Step programs information on how to get involved and still stay within the
boundaries set forth by the Twelve Traditions
Recovery Bill of Rights from Faces and Voices of Recovery
Is AA for You? A collection of about 50 pamphlets in PDF format. Click on left links.
The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, online
Narcotics Anonymous - Little White Booklet
Narcotics Anonymous - Basic Text
An Introduction to Mutual Support Groups for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Managing post-surgical pain for those in addiction recovery
Dr. Nicholas A. Pace on Relapse, this is a NCADD Interview with the Experts
Relapse and Craving, an Alcohol Alert from NIAAA
Understanding Relapse, an Article by Terence T. Gorski
Does Relapse Mean Treatment Failure? Article by Terence T. Gorski
Levels of Relapse Warning Signs, an Article by Terence T. Gorski
How To Develop A Relapse Prevention Plan, an Article by Terence T. Gorski
Adolescent Relapse Prevention, an Article by Terence T. Gorski
Spirituality and Relapse, an Article by Terence T. Gorski
Prescription Drugs And Relapse, an Article by Terence T. Gorski
Relapse Prevention, an article from Dual Recovery Online
Recovery and Relapse
from the White Booklet, Narcotics Anonymous
Relapse Prevention - Chapter 9 of Treatment for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
What Happens After
Treatment? Sobriety is a beginning...Al-Anon can help
What Can I Say to Get you to Stop? Hazelden publication
If Someone Close...has a problem with alcohol or other drugs, NCADI publication
Intervention may be the nudge people need to get help, a Hazelden publication
Friends can have real clout when it comes to intervention, a Hazelden publication
Spirituality lies at the heart of every person, recovery, a Hazelden publication
Media
12StepRadio.com. The Internet-based programming broadcasts 24/7
Recovery Radio, recovery audio in an "on demand" streaming-media format
Recovery Radio Podcasts, Twelve Step speakers and workshops for people in recovery
Recovery Talk Network, provides listeners with a wide array of individuals who share their experiences in recovery or in dealing with recovery issues, and can be listened to online at www.crntalk.com
Road Recovery; Music Without Drugs
Take 12 Recovery Radio Internet Radio that heals. The most diverse Recovery Radio Talk Show on the air today
Magazines/Columns
Beyond Addiction is a weekly column written by William C. Moyers
It’s all in the Journey is a recovery publication dedicated to showing someone still suffering how we did it; to teach those in recovery; to let family members, and the general public, know that treatment for addictions is available to everybody
Recovery Today Online! features the latest topics in research, treatment, professional interests, training and employment needs in the recovery field
Recovery Solutions Magazine is dedicated to bringing cutting edge information and offer insight to readers and their loved ones about the disease of addiction by providing practical tips on how to win the battle against drugs through scientific knowledge of addiction and offering wisdom from real people who have discovered their own unique ways to conquer the disease of addiction
AAGrapevine .org, the International Journal of Alcoholics Anonymous
Addiction Treatment Magazine Current Topics in Addiction Treatment
Rise is a magazine written by and for parents involved in the child welfare system. Many of the stories are about recovery and reunification
"Even though I've been sober a number of years, I still work my program 'one day at a time'. I will always be in Recovery, I will never be recovered. I firmly believe I have to continue to go to meetings regularly and be there for that new member that walks through the door as I did some years ago. Alcoholism is an equal opportunity illness. It spares nobody. No matter what race, creed or color, we are vulnerable. I feel very fortunate to have found sobriety."
For information and referral, Call
1-866-242-4111, ISAIC's Help Line, or email.