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Counselor, creativity guru, and humorist in one, the Wacky & Wonderful Recovery e-Booklet Series balances serious recovery work with creativity, artwork, cartoons, puzzles, and the occasional chuckle. The worksheets are designed and illustrated by me, Dr. Kim. I’m a one-person team humbly trying to help the world take on addiction.
All FREE books are really FREE. No gimmicks, special motives, or subliminal messages. All you need is an email address.
For the rest, Pay Pal or credit cards accepted. Once purchased, the book is available immediately and via email. All come in PDF format. Make sure to save right away, as the links do expire. If you have problems, please contact me at kimrosenthalmd@gmail.com. Thanks!
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Struggling with cravings? This plan is an unusual 4-page worksheet helping people in recovery maneuver through those difficult moments:
cravings and stress.
Price: $0.00 (free)
This illustrated, 23-page booklet takes the reader on a 5-week journey to start chipping away at severe depression.
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Price $2.99
Therapy is supposed to help everyone, but how do you work with a talk-therapist when you can’t think clearly? The answer: Forget thinking. Focus on action!
“Too Depressed to Think…” is based on Behavioral Action Therapy, a clinical alternative to talk-therapy.
The WW Recovery STEP ONE Booklet
Step One is a 29-page booklet written for those who seek a traditional 12-step approach in a friendly, illustrated format. Note: subscribe to get a free copy!
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Price $2.99
Mini CBT for Recovery
Friendly and informal, this 12 page booklet presents a series of easy exercises to help your client rewrite problem thoughts into healthier alternatives.
Price $2.99
“Changing Problem Thoughts” is a short, comfortable read filled with cartoons, coloring, and lots of cognitive therapy. Readers are presented with scenarios and multiple choice exercises and gradually work towards rewriting their own thoughts. Click here for preview.
Getting from Maybe to... Well, It's Up to You
This booklet is written for addiction counselors to use with clients who are contemplative about quitting.
Price $2.99
Here motivational interviewing, cognitive therapy, and psychoeducation meet art, cartoons, and humor. There’s no pressure. There’s no requirement to quit. By way of an irreverent, playful voice, the booklet explores drug cessation as a possibility, and the reader is left to decide on their own. Click here for preview.
Recovery puzzles
Recovery is hard work. This booklet presents handouts to lighten the load, all centered around recovery. They can serve as warm-ups for group therapy or a fun option for homework.
Price $0.00 (free)
How much do you know about alcohol, opiates, cocaine, and marijuana? Ranging from side effects and mortality rates to oddities and cultural mishaps, these T/F quizzes will keep you thinking. Perfect for providers to use with clients or teachers with students.
Price: $2.99
Got cravings? Facing life, and it isn’t pretty? The answer is simple. Pull out Sky Diving and Other Coping Skills, choose an option, and get moving.
Price: $0.00 (free)
14 worksheets for 14 meetings. Packed with reflection and activities, this 29-page illustrated booklet is sure to get you motivated — and thinking.
Price $2.99
Topics range from understanding your Higher Power and reaching out for help to mindful observation, the importance of helping others, and remembering 12-Step Promises. Puzzles included.
This 15-page booklet is an entertaining but clinical set of worksheets meant to help people with addiction get closer to the idea of quitting.
Price $2.99
Subjects include types of treatment, reasons to stop using, what you can do to head towards recovery, definition of substance use disorder, education about addiction & quitting, stages of recovery, and problem thoughts that make quitting difficult.
Dealing with Depression?
Aired on Facebook one time, this little e-book had over 700 hits in a single day! It’s worth checking out.
Price $2.99
Reviews
“Like a breath of fresh air, I really enjoyed and appreciated the out of the box approach as it was quite inventive, memorable, and thought-provoking. I know people who would benefit from sobriety, and as a family physician working in an asylum, I am looking forward to using these worksheet resources in my practice. I recommend this resource for any medical provider and anyone who is seeking help from addiction or knows a loved one who may benefit having this book nearby.” — Lisa Lorelli, DO, Family Physician. Morganton, North Carolina
“I have been looking for just this type of interaction for recovery to spice things up. This is amazing. I would love to implement them into my curriculum. I have been trying to find new ways to keep my patients going after they feel better. Hoping they don’t get complacent.” — Charlotte K Prather, SUDC, Program Director & Counselor. Renaissance Ranch, Utah
“I’m a peer support specialist and have worked on my own recovery over the past ten years…. From the jokes to the coloring material, this workbook has the answers to questions that people needing recovery want to ask but hardly ever ask. It has material I have never encountered in a workbook at the 20+ places I’ve been. I believe this book can be very beneficial to those in long-term treatment.” — Nathan Ray, Peer Support Specialist. Morganton, North Carolina
“I have used some of the worksheets from your blog with inpatient clients at the hospital who are in pre-contemplation/contemplation toward addressing their SUD. They have enjoyed the pages and I have found them useful for facilitating conversations to help increase their motivation. I like that your work engages the creative side of the brain and spans appropriate comprehension level of multiple groups.” — Julie Bowers-Pryor, MA, LCSW, LCADC, CSW. University of Kentucky, Kentucky.
Not sure where to go next? Check out the upcoming
WW Recovery Workbook or our blog, “Mental Health and You.”
You’ll find the links below.
Addiction counselor and creativity guru in one, the Wacky and Wonderful Recovery Workbook (WW) takes you on a 30-day journey to find yourself, reach for a worthwhile future, and share a chuckle or 2 along the way.
Curious about bipolar, aging, repairing relationships, or CBT? Mental Health and You is a blog with 120+ articles devoted to improving understanding and resilience. If you need info, start here.
Whether mental health, substance abuse, or life-oriented in general, if you have any ideas for new booklets, please comment below or shoot me a message. This is all about you!
Are the activities printable?
Yes, they’re printable. The e-booklets come in PDF format. Once you’ve downloaded a copy and saved it to your computer, you can print it as many times as you want.
This is such a refreshing way to go thru the trials & tribulations of addictions & its PICS. (parteners in crime). Looking forward to each of these e-booklets. Thank you Dr. Kim for making these e-booklets.