50 Books like Canary in the Coal Mine

Drug Dealer, MD

by Anna Lembke • 2016

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

4.00

1k+

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Drug Dealer, MD 95%

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

by Anna Lembke 2016

4.00

1k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Paper Girl

by Beth Macy • 2025

A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.

4.02

11k+

🏡 Rural America 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🏭 Post-Industrial Decline 🔄 Generational Poverty 🔀 Political Polarization

Paper Girl 95%

A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.

by Beth Macy 2025

4.02

11k+ ratings

🏡 Rural America 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🏭 Post-Industrial Decline 🔄 Generational Poverty 🔀 Political Polarization

Dreamland

by Sam Quinones • 2015

How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.

4.23

32k+

💊 Opioid Crisis 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🚚 Drug Trafficking 🩺 Pain Medicine History 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

Dreamland 94%

How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.

by Sam Quinones 2015

4.23

32k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Crisis 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🚚 Drug Trafficking 🩺 Pain Medicine History 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

The Fifth Vital

by Mike Majlak • 2020

A thousand-dollar heroin habit. A shattered ankle. A dying grandfather. Then, Logan Paul's podcast.

4.32

3k+

💊 Opioid Crisis 🩹 Addiction Recovery 📝 Twelve-Step Programs 🔗 Drug Dealing Memoirs 🚴 Exercise And Mental Health

The Fifth Vital 94%

A thousand-dollar heroin habit. A shattered ankle. A dying grandfather. Then, Logan Paul's podcast.

by Mike Majlak 2020

4.32

3k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Crisis 🩹 Addiction Recovery 📝 Twelve-Step Programs 🔗 Drug Dealing Memoirs 🚴 Exercise And Mental Health

The Lost and the Found

by Kevin Fagan • 2025

A Florida surfer girl and Danville football star hit the same sidewalk. One came back.

4.27

912

🏕️ Homelessness 🏠 Housing Policy 💉 Harm Reduction 🧭 Addiction Recovery ⚖️ Structural Inequality

The Lost and the Found 94%

A Florida surfer girl and Danville football star hit the same sidewalk. One came back.

by Kevin Fagan 2025

4.27

912 ratings

🏕️ Homelessness 🏠 Housing Policy 💉 Harm Reduction 🧭 Addiction Recovery ⚖️ Structural Inequality

High Achiever

by Tiffany Jenkins • 2017

Her boyfriend was the cop investigating her crime: the true story of addiction's double life.

4.20

47k+

💉 Opiate Addiction 🔗 Women In Prison 🎭 Functional Addicts 🕊️ Addiction Recovery 🔫 Addiction And Crime

High Achiever 94%

Her boyfriend was the cop investigating her crime: the true story of addiction's double life.

by Tiffany Jenkins 2017

4.20

47k+ ratings

💉 Opiate Addiction 🔗 Women In Prison 🎭 Functional Addicts 🕊️ Addiction Recovery 🔫 Addiction And Crime

Facing the Unseen

by Damon Tweedy • 2024

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

4.23

192

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism 🏥 Stigma In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality

Facing the Unseen 94%

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

by Damon Tweedy 2024

4.23

192 ratings

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism 🏥 Stigma In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

by Gabor Maté • 2007

Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.

4.48

24k+

🧠 Addiction Psychology 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🩹 Harm Reduction 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌱 Addiction Recovery

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts 94%

Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.

by Gabor Maté 2007

4.48

24k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Psychology 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🩹 Harm Reduction 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌱 Addiction Recovery

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

by Anne Case • 2020

Less-educated white Americans are dying younger. The cause is not drugs or suicide; it's capitalism.

3.81

2k+

🏥 Public Health 🏭 Labor Economics ⚖️ Health Inequality 💊 Opioid Crisis 🏚️ Deindustrialization

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Summary

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism 94%

Less-educated white Americans are dying younger. The cause is not drugs or suicide; it's capitalism.

by Anne Case 2020

3.81

2k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏭 Labor Economics ⚖️ Health Inequality 💊 Opioid Crisis 🏚️ Deindustrialization

Chasing the Scream

by Johann Hari • 2015

Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.

4.50

22k+

📜 Drug Policy 🧠 Addiction Studies 🩹 Harm Reduction ⚔️ War On Drugs 💔 Trauma And Addiction

Chasing the Scream 93%

Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.

by Johann Hari 2015

4.50

22k+ ratings

📜 Drug Policy 🧠 Addiction Studies 🩹 Harm Reduction ⚔️ War On Drugs 💔 Trauma And Addiction

Poverty Safari

by Darren McGarvey • 2017

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

4.01

7k+

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🔁 Cycle Of Poverty

Poverty Safari 93%

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

by Darren McGarvey 2017

4.01

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🔁 Cycle Of Poverty

Hillbilly Elegy

by J.D. Vance • 2016

Escaping Appalachia wasn't about money; it was about cracking a hidden code.

3.83

508k+

🏔️ Appalachian Culture 👷 White Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma 📈 Upward Mobility 🤝 Social Capital

Hillbilly Elegy 93%

Escaping Appalachia wasn't about money; it was about cracking a hidden code.

by J.D. Vance 2016

3.83

508k+ ratings

🏔️ Appalachian Culture 👷 White Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma 📈 Upward Mobility 🤝 Social Capital

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

4.38

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

The People's Hospital 93%

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

by Ricardo Nuila 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

Sober Mercies

by Heather Harpham Kopp • 2013

The faith that was supposed to save her from addiction couldn't. A 12-step meeting did.

4.31

636

🧊 Addiction Memoir ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📘 12-Step Recovery 🍷 Functional Addiction 🌱 Faith Deconstruction

Sober Mercies 93%

The faith that was supposed to save her from addiction couldn't. A 12-step meeting did.

by Heather Harpham Kopp 2013

4.31

636 ratings

🧊 Addiction Memoir ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📘 12-Step Recovery 🍷 Functional Addiction 🌱 Faith Deconstruction

American Drug Addict

by Brett Douglas • 2018

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 👪 Family And Addiction

American Drug Addict 93%

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

by Brett Douglas 2018

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 👪 Family And Addiction

Drink

by Ann Dowsett Johnston • 2013

Equal rights, equal binges: how the alcohol industry targeted women, and why they get sick faster.

3.74

4k+

🌱 Recovery Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women's Health 🍻 Binge Drinking 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✊ Feminist Critique

Drink 93%

Equal rights, equal binges: how the alcohol industry targeted women, and why they get sick faster.

by Ann Dowsett Johnston 2013

3.74

4k+ ratings

🌱 Recovery Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women's Health 🍻 Binge Drinking 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✊ Feminist Critique

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

3.61

1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Doctored 93%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Flying on the Inside

by Rachel Gotto • 2021

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

3.88

3k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

Flying on the Inside 93%

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

by Rachel Gotto 2021

3.88

3k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

Painting With Ashes

by Michael Adam Beck • 2022

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

4.55

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

Painting With Ashes 93%

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

by Michael Adam Beck 2022

4.55

47 ratings

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

Pharma

by Gerald Posner • 2020

From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.

4.19

816

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💉 Opioid Crisis 📜 History Of Addiction 🧪 Patent Medicine 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Pharma 93%

From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.

by Gerald Posner 2020

4.19

816 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💉 Opioid Crisis 📜 History Of Addiction 🧪 Patent Medicine 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Healing the Addicted Brain

by Harold C. Urschel III • 2009

Addiction is a treatable brain disease. The medications, therapies, and strategies that prove it.

3.88

307

💊 Medication-Assisted Treatment 🧠 Disease Model Of Addiction ⚠️ Managing Triggers 🧩 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔄 Relapse Prevention

Healing the Addicted Brain 93%

Addiction is a treatable brain disease. The medications, therapies, and strategies that prove it.

by Harold C. Urschel III 2009

3.88

307 ratings

💊 Medication-Assisted Treatment 🧠 Disease Model Of Addiction ⚠️ Managing Triggers 🧩 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔄 Relapse Prevention

Our Malady

by Timothy Snyder • 2020

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

4.14

2k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Our Malady 93%

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

by Timothy Snyder 2020

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Drug Use for Grown-Ups

by Carl L. Hart • 2021

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

4.01

5k+

🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience ⚖️ Drug Decriminalization 🚔 War On Drugs

Drug Use for Grown-Ups 92%

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

by Carl L. Hart 2021

4.01

5k+ ratings

🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience ⚖️ Drug Decriminalization 🚔 War On Drugs

The Price We Pay

by Marty Makary • 2019

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

4.45

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Price We Pay 92%

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

by Marty Makary 2019

4.45

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

Unwasted

by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

3.79

2k+

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

Unwasted 92%

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011

3.79

2k+ ratings

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

From the Ashes

by Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

35k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🍃 Cultural Reclamation 🏕️ Survival Memoir

From the Ashes 92%

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

by Jesse Thistle 2019

4.49

35k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🍃 Cultural Reclamation 🏕️ Survival Memoir

Girl Walks Out of a Bar

by Lisa F. Smith • 2016

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

4.14

7k+

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Girl Walks Out of a Bar 92%

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

by Lisa F. Smith 2016

4.14

7k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Tweak

by Nic Sheff • 2008

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

3.99

48k+

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

Tweak 92%

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

by Nic Sheff 2008

3.99

48k+ ratings

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

3.69

265k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Million Little Pieces 92%

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

by James Frey 2003

3.69

265k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

Behind the Door

by Amy Price • 2023

An interior designer becomes manager of L.A.'s Cecil Hotel, where the dead outnumber the living.

3.48

1k+

🏚️ Urban Decay 🏨 Hotel Memoir 💼 Workplace Memoir 🏠 Homelessness 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

Behind the Door 92%

An interior designer becomes manager of L.A.'s Cecil Hotel, where the dead outnumber the living.

by Amy Price 2023

3.48

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Urban Decay 🏨 Hotel Memoir 💼 Workplace Memoir 🏠 Homelessness 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

Your Life in My Hands

by Rachel Clarke • 2017

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

3.78

4k+

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 📜 Healthcare Reform

Your Life in My Hands 92%

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

by Rachel Clarke 2017

3.78

4k+ ratings

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 📜 Healthcare Reform

The Addiction Manifesto

by Jerry Weaver • 2021

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

4.72

1k+

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

The Addiction Manifesto 92%

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

by Jerry Weaver 2021

4.72

1k+ ratings

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

Life in the City of Dirty Water

by Clayton Thomas-Muller • 2021

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

3.65

4k+

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚪 Gang Exit Narratives

Life in the City of Dirty Water 92%

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021

3.65

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚪 Gang Exit Narratives

The Myth of Normal

by Gabor Maté • 2022

Sickness is not an accident; it's a biography. The link between trauma, culture, and disease.

4.30

37k+

🧒 Childhood Adversity 🧬 Mind-Body Medicine 💉 Addiction And Trauma ⚖️ Health Equity 🧘 Embodied Healing

The Myth of Normal 92%

Sickness is not an accident; it's a biography. The link between trauma, culture, and disease.

by Gabor Maté 2022

4.30

37k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Adversity 🧬 Mind-Body Medicine 💉 Addiction And Trauma ⚖️ Health Equity 🧘 Embodied Healing

Love Thy Neighbor

by Ayaz Virji • 2019

His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.

4.14

2k+

🏡 Rural America 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 😔 Islamophobia ☪️ Muslim Americans 📚 Religious Literacy

Love Thy Neighbor 92%

His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.

by Ayaz Virji 2019

4.14

2k+ ratings

🏡 Rural America 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 😔 Islamophobia ☪️ Muslim Americans 📚 Religious Literacy

Profiles in Mental Health Courage

by Patrick J. Kennedy • 2024

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

4.19

247

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📢 Mental Health Advocacy

Profiles in Mental Health Courage Summary

Profiles in Mental Health Courage 92%

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

by Patrick J. Kennedy 2024

4.19

247 ratings

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📢 Mental Health Advocacy

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA • 2016

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

3.55

144

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🔍 Investigative Memoir

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants Summary

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants 92%

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA 2016

3.55

144 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🔍 Investigative Memoir

Love Warrior

by Glennon Doyle Melton • 2016

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

4.07

75k+

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Love Warrior 92%

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

by Glennon Doyle Melton 2016

4.07

75k+ ratings

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

America

by Chris Hedges • 2018

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

4.23

3k+

🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

America 92%

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

by Chris Hedges 2018

4.23

3k+ ratings

🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

A Gift of Hope

by Danielle Steel • 2012

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

3.98

3k+

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

A Gift of Hope 92%

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

by Danielle Steel 2012

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

The Book of Drugs

by Mike Doughty • 2012

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

3.63

2k+

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

The Book of Drugs 92%

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

by Mike Doughty 2012

3.63

2k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Cash

by Johnny Cash • 1997

He crawled into a cave to die and came out ready to play Folsom Prison.

4.01

26k+

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery ✝️ Faith Journeys 🕊️ Redemption Stories

Cash 92%

He crawled into a cave to die and came out ready to play Folsom Prison.

by Johnny Cash 1997

4.01

26k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery ✝️ Faith Journeys 🕊️ Redemption Stories

Stolen Pride

by Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2024

Shame from economic decline, redirected into racial blame, powers today's right-wing resurgence.

4.02

2k+

🏛️ American Politics 🌾 Rural Sociology 🏭 Deindustrialization ⛰️ Appalachian Studies 😤 Political Emotion

Stolen Pride 92%

Shame from economic decline, redirected into racial blame, powers today's right-wing resurgence.

by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏛️ American Politics 🌾 Rural Sociology 🏭 Deindustrialization ⛰️ Appalachian Studies 😤 Political Emotion

Basketball Junkie

by Chris Herren • 2011

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

4.11

2k+

🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives 💉 Heroin Addiction 🏀 Basketball Careers

Basketball Junkie 92%

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

by Chris Herren 2011

4.11

2k+ ratings

🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives 💉 Heroin Addiction 🏀 Basketball Careers

Attention

by Casey Schwartz • 2020

Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.

3.12

394

🏪 Attention Economy 💊 Prescription Stimulants 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Trauma And Focus 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Attention 92%

Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.

by Casey Schwartz 2020

3.12

394 ratings

🏪 Attention Economy 💊 Prescription Stimulants 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Trauma And Focus 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Sober Truth

by Lance Dodes • 2014

Addiction is not a disease, AA works 5% of the time, rehab is a 90k mirage.

3.92

616

🍺 AA Criticism 🧠 Anti-Disease Model 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 💰 Rehab Industry Critique 📋 Evidence-Based Treatment

The Sober Truth 92%

Addiction is not a disease, AA works 5% of the time, rehab is a 90k mirage.

by Lance Dodes 2014

3.92

616 ratings

🍺 AA Criticism 🧠 Anti-Disease Model 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 💰 Rehab Industry Critique 📋 Evidence-Based Treatment

The Addicted Lawyer

by Brian Cuban • 2017

Brian Cuban practiced law by day and fed his addiction by night. The collapse took years.

3.87

150

🏛️ Legal Profession 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🎭 Functional Addiction 🧠 Dual Diagnosis ⚖️ Attorney Wellness

The Addicted Lawyer 91%

Brian Cuban practiced law by day and fed his addiction by night. The collapse took years.

by Brian Cuban 2017

3.87

150 ratings

🏛️ Legal Profession 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🎭 Functional Addiction 🧠 Dual Diagnosis ⚖️ Attorney Wellness

The Social Determinants of Health

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

4.19

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Social Determinants of Health Summary

The Social Determinants of Health 91%

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017

4.19

37 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything

by Michael Mather • 2018

A pastor stopped tallying what his poor neighborhood lacked. What he found rewrote his calling.

4.39

241

🗺️ Asset-Based Community Development 🏙️ Urban Ministry 💰 Community Economics 🍽️ Radical Hospitality ✊ Faith-Based Organizing

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything Summary

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything 91%

A pastor stopped tallying what his poor neighborhood lacked. What he found rewrote his calling.

by Michael Mather 2018

4.39

241 ratings

🗺️ Asset-Based Community Development 🏙️ Urban Ministry 💰 Community Economics 🍽️ Radical Hospitality ✊ Faith-Based Organizing

Fist Stick Knife Gun

by Geoffrey Canada • 1995

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

4.03

3k+

🏙️ Urban Violence 🧱 Street Culture 🌱 Youth Mentorship 🔫 Gun Violence 💊 Drug Trade

Fist Stick Knife Gun 91%

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

by Geoffrey Canada 1995

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Violence 🧱 Street Culture 🌱 Youth Mentorship 🔫 Gun Violence 💊 Drug Trade

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