What is the Safe Haven collection?

The Safe Haven collection is a book display located in the adult department of the library with resources for mental health, recovery, and personal growth. For your confidentiality, check-out of these items is not required, and you may keep the items or pass them along to someone else. This collection offers compassionate materials to support individuals navigating mental health challenges, substance use, trauma, and healing. On the back side of the display are free comfort supplies including toothbrushes and toothpaste, soap, hand sanitizer, diapers, and more.

This collection was created by the Orion Township Public Library in partnership with the North Oakland Community Coalition and the Friends of the Orion Township Library.

Examples of titles in this collection include 'The 30 Day Sobriety Solution,' 'The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Workbook,' and 'No Worries: A Guided Journal' among others.

Again, these are free books to take home with you. If you feel like returning it when you’re done for someone else who is struggling, feel free to return it. Some of these materials are workbooks that may be very personal to the reader – please keep and cherish the work you are doing.

Looking for more library materials on hard topics? Try these titles.

Substance Abuse

The 30-Day Sobriety Solution - 616.861 CAN - The 30-day sobriety solution : how to cut back or quit drinking in the privacy of your own home, Canfield, Jack, 1944- | Orion Township Public Library

The Anatomy of Addiction: what science and research tell us about the true causes, best preventive techniques, and most successful treatments - 362.29 MOH The anatomy of addiction : what science and research tell us about the true causes, best preventive techniques, and most successful treatments, Mohammad, Akikur | Orion Township Public Library

The Addiction Solution: Treating our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs - 362.29 SED The addiction solution : treating our dependence on opioids and other drugs, Sederer, Lloyd I. | Orion Township Public Library

The Addiction Spectrum: a Compassionate, Holistic Approach to Recovery - 362.29 THO The addiction spectrum : a compassionate, holistic approach to recovery, Thomas, Paul MD | Orion Township Public Library

Find more book titles on these topics in the Non-Fiction section of the Library:

Anxiety - 616.85

Depression - 616.85

Bipolar Disorder - 616.89

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - 616.85

Eating Disorders - 616.8526

Suicide - 362.28

This blog post was written by Paige Greer, Marketing Librarian.