2) SPA/SocAA also Recommends Either of the two main books put out by Emotions Anonymous (EA)-- A) "Emotions Anonymous" or B) "It Works If You Work It":
**These books by EA are wonderful resources for gently overcoming social anxiety disorder, or social phobia. Although written for applying the 12 Steps to healing emotional problems in general these books also are an enormous help for people who suffer from any form of Social Anxiety.
Many people have overcome their social anxiety or social phobia problems using the time-tested principles in this book. The result of gently but persistently applying the principles in this book is the reduction or Elimination of Anxiety Problems!!
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(And Then Return Here To Find Our Free Groups). Emotions Anonymous support groups can also be helpful although they are not exclusively focused on Social Anxiety Disorder or Social Phobia like Social Phobics Anonymous / Social Anxiety Anonymous Groups Arep>(When you get to the EA Catalogue Site site, scroll down to the books "Emotions Anonymous" or "It Works If You Work It". Either of these books will be a great resource).3) "Co-dependents Anonymous"-- The Book By CODA About Codependence And 12 Step Recovery (Codependence is the syndrome where we worry too much about what others think and put others needs before our own):
(SPECIAL NOTE: Although Codependency itself may not always equal full blown social anxiety disorder syndrome, codependency issues tend to underly Social Anxiety, and so addressing this can be helpful-- However SPA also maintains that Codependency recovery does NOT address all aspects of social anxiety disorder. PLEASE NOTE THIS SPECIAL CAUTION: SPA suggests that care be taken to avoid highly confrontational, conflict-oriented or aggressive or cynical approaches to codependency recovery as they may aggravate rather than help ones social anxiety problems. SPA / SoCAA maintains generally that a combined practice of increased compassion for oneself as well as increased compassion for others gains the best results for social anxiety sufferers. Although the healthiest compassion involves an element of detachment and healthy boundary setting practiced at the same time. [See SPA Literature in Section 2 Above for more informtation on the SPA Program of Recovery]. ***SPA however has no opinion on recovery approaches for problems other than social anxiety disorder & Social phobia).
4) The book:
Social Anxiety Anonymous Blog: More Info and Articles on Overcoming Social Anxiety
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**We recommend, and provide links for purchasing the books above, **but we do not sell them ourselves, nor do we receive any profits if you buy them.
Also known as Social Anxiety Anonymous; Socially Anxious Anonymous; Social Phobia Anonymous; Social Anxiety 12 Steps; Social Phobia 12 Steps; as well as Social Fear Anonymous; Shyness Anonymous; Shy Anonymous; Shy or Shyness 12 Steps Avoidant Personality Anonymous; Avoidant Personality 12 Steps, APD 12 Steps or APD Anonymous (all corresponding initials included).