Outside Resources (NOT DA Conference Approved -- Neither Endorsed nor Opposed by Debtors Anonymous!)

Listed below are a number of other books that people who are working the D.A. program have found to be very helpful. Only D.A. pamphlets and Alcoholics Anonymous literature are officially suggested by Debtors Anonymous. These other books are outside resources that are neither endorsed nor opposed by Debtors Anonymous.

You can probably find most of these books in your local library.  

  • Jerrold Mundis, How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously. Bantam books. Basics of recovering from compulsive debting.
  • Jean Chatzky, Make Money, Not Excuses – Wake Up, Take Charge, and Overcome Your Financial Fears Forever. www.crownpublishing.com
  • Donna Boundy, When Money is the Drug: The Compulsion for Credit, Cash, and Chronic Debt. Harper, San Francisco (pb), 1993
  • Olivia Mellan, Overcoming Overspending: A Winning Plan for Spenders and their Partners
  • Mark Bryon & Julie Cameron, The Money Drunk: 90 Days to Financial Freedom. Outlines different forms of compulsive debting, as well as a recovery program that is compatible with D.A. principles
  • Robin Leonard, Money Trouble. A resource for dealing with creditors.
  • Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer, Creating Money, Keys to Abundance.
  • Vicki Robin, Your Money or Your Life
  • Mary Raphel, Money, Emotions, and the Recovery Process. Enrichment Resources, 7402 York Road, Suite 300 Baltimore, MD 21204.
  • Karen Casanova, Letting Go of Debt: Growing Richer One Day At A Time. Hazelden, 2000. ISBN 1-56838-367-3