A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps - 30th Anniversary Edition!

“In 1989, I finally surrendered to my addiction and chose recovery through a Twelve Step program that I now believe saved my life. For the first five years of my healing journey, I struggled mightily - not with the recovery journey itself but with my program's language and literature. In 1994, I found enormous relief and inspiration when my sponsor gave me Stephanie Covington's ' Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps' I can only imagine how many millions of women have finally been able to connect to their recovery through this classic - and now transgender and nonbinary individuals will be able to see themselves in recovery literature, too. Ever the visionary, Dr. Covington has yet again made women's recovery more accessible and inclusive.”

Dawn Nickel
Cofounder, SHE Recovers Foundation®
Author of She Recovers Every Day

“This book uses language that specifically speaks wo women to explore what the Steps mean for them in their recovery journey. I have had women tell me A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps was helpful for them to understand the meaning of the Twelve Steps and how to incorporate them in their own recovery. A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps is essential to women in recovery!”

Sandy Clark, MS, LPCC, LADC, NCACII, SAP Therapist
Educator, President of Minnesota Addiction Professionals
Author of Charlie the Therapy Dog

“A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps was transformative when it first debuted, and with this revision, its potential for impact has been magnified. For any women on the journey of recovery, this book is not just a guide but a companion, cheering you on every step of the way. This one stands out as a beacon of light and hope in a world filled with self-help books. I wholeheartedly endorsed and recommend it to anyone seeking to understand and embrace a omen-focused approach to the Twelve Steps.”

Kathleen Gibson
CEO, Oxford House, Inc.

“In this 30th anniversary edition... Dr. Covington has done a great deal of work to update the language and truly make the shift from gender-specific care to gender-responsive car. Human, practical, and full of knowledge on how women, in their beautiful diversity and uniqueness, can approach the Twelve Steps in a more trauma-informed manner, A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps ought to be on the reading list of anyone working with the interplay of trauma, dissociation, and addiction. Thank you, Dr. Covington, for modeling solid recovery and allowing your work to evolve with the times.”

Dr. Jamie Marich
Author of Trauma and the 12 Steps and Dissociation Made Simple
Founder and Director, The Institute for Creative Mindfulness

“A Woman's Way has been a staple for women in recovery for the past thirty years. Beautifully and wisely updated now to include gender-expansive people and a broad spectrum of addictive disorders/behaviors, the book meets a need for women in therapy, women in recovery, and for all those who love, live with, and care for them. I have seen the tremendous value of this book, especially for women's groups working the Steps together... It is needed now more than ever as a guide to recovery and healing for women in our current political culture.”

Janet Surrey
Insight Dialogue Teacher
Author of The Buddha's Wife: The Path of Awakening Together

“Remarkably inclusive and accessible to women, A Woman's Way addresses how women experience addiction, recovery, and everyday life, and it engages and connects with readers through careful use of stories from women of diverse backgrounds, experiences, ethnicities, races, ages, and sexual orientations. This edition's inclusion of voices of transgender women and nonbinary people is especially worthy of praise, as well as its careful use of language to successfully create a more inclusive and trauma-sensitive version of Covington's timeless recovery classic.”

Jeanne McAlister
Founder and CEO, McAlister Institute of Treatment and Education

“I first read A Woman's Way through The Twelve Steps in 1995. I was twenty years old and pregnant with my first child. I loved the book and grew from it, but I didn't understand the need for fellowship, and I believed I could do it on my own. I didn't know how to ask for, or accept, help from anyone. I was used to fending for myself. I didn't drink or use drugs for a number of years. I eventually rationalized myself into a drink. In 2012, I was sufficiently broken and desperate. I came into the rooms of AA and finally admitted I had no idea how to live without alcohol. I discovered A Woman's Way book study meeting. Sharing Stephanie Covington's wisdom with other women in recovery was exactly what I needed to heal. I attended that 9:30 am women's meeting for years and have read the book half a dozen times. I had the privilege of using A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps Workbook with two young women to complete the Steps. The 30th anniversary edition is a gift that will touch all women in the recovery community. I am a better women for having read it .”

Lisa D., woman in recovery

“A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps was my first experience in Twelve Step recovery where I felt authentically seen and understood as a woman. This book still helps me, years later, to live my recovery every day and helps other women do the same. It's like a guidebook to understanding yourself in a new and hopeful way, as you are, with no apologies. I encourage all people on their journey to recovery to hold this book close - every step of the way.”

Jenny Fox, person in long-term recovery