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Addiction

These books explore the raw realities of dependency—whether to substances, behaviors, or relationships—and the challenging paths toward recovery and understanding. Through personal memoirs, clinical insights, and intimate stories, they illuminate both the grip of compulsion and the possibility of healing and transformation.

Addiction Book Summaries

Invisible Child
by Andrea Elliott • 2021
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
4.70
19k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty🛡️ Child Welfare🔁 Intergenerational Poverty🏗️ Gentrification🏚️ Homelessness
Invisible Child Summary
Invisible Child
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
by Andrea Elliott 2021 640 pages
4.70
19k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🛡️ Child Welfare🔁 Intergenerational Poverty🏗️ Gentrification🏚️ Homelessness
Quit Porn and Get Rich
by Martin Prescott • 2018
The neuroscience of why porn kills ambition, and a plan to get your drive back.
3.76
168
🔒 Porn Addiction Recovery🧪 Dopamine Detox💪 Self-Control Training👤 Men's Self-Improvement🔨 Habit Breaking
Quit Porn and Get Rich Summary
Quit Porn and Get Rich
The neuroscience of why porn kills ambition, and a plan to get your drive back.
by Martin Prescott 2018 200 pages
3.76
168 ratings
🔒 Porn Addiction Recovery🧪 Dopamine Detox💪 Self-Control Training👤 Men's Self-Improvement🔨 Habit Breaking
Adult Children of Alcoholics
by Janet Geringer Woititz • 1983
An alcoholic home teaches survival habits that later sabotage intimacy, trust, and joy.
4.12
6k+
🧸 Childhood Trauma🏚️ Family Dysfunction🫥 Emotional Neglect🔗 Codependency💗 Self-Compassion
Adult Children of Alcoholics Summary
Adult Children of Alcoholics
An alcoholic home teaches survival habits that later sabotage intimacy, trust, and joy.
by Janet Geringer Woititz 1983 240 pages
4.12
6k+ ratings
🧸 Childhood Trauma🏚️ Family Dysfunction🫥 Emotional Neglect🔗 Codependency💗 Self-Compassion
Recovery
by Russell Brand • 2017
Why you can't stop scrolling, eating, or working, and what to do about it.
3.93
12k+
🧰 Addiction Recovery📋 Twelve Step Programs📱 Behavioral Addiction🙏 Spiritual Recovery🔍 Self Examination
Recovery Summary
Recovery
Why you can't stop scrolling, eating, or working, and what to do about it.
by Russell Brand 2017 288 pages
3.93
12k+ ratings
🧰 Addiction Recovery📋 Twelve Step Programs📱 Behavioral Addiction🙏 Spiritual Recovery🔍 Self Examination
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
by Catherine Gray • 2017
Sobriety isn't deprivation. It's the joy you've been chasing at the bottom of every glass.
4.32
15k+
🛑 Alcohol Recovery📖 Quit Lit✍️ Sobriety Memoir🤔 Sober Curious🍸 Drinking Culture
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober Summary
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
Sobriety isn't deprivation. It's the joy you've been chasing at the bottom of every glass.
by Catherine Gray 2017 274 pages
4.32
15k+ ratings
🛑 Alcohol Recovery📖 Quit Lit✍️ Sobriety Memoir🤔 Sober Curious🍸 Drinking Culture
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
47k+
🖋️ Addiction Memoir💎 Crystal Meth🔄 Cycle Of Relapse🚶 Street Life👶 Early Onset Addiction
Tweak Summary
Tweak
Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.
by Nic Sheff 2008 336 pages
3.99
47k+ ratings
🖋️ Addiction Memoir💎 Crystal Meth🔄 Cycle Of Relapse🚶 Street Life👶 Early Onset Addiction
Undisputed Truth
by Mike Tyson • 2013
A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.
4.17
11k+
🥊 Boxing Memoirs💔 Childhood Trauma🌟 Fame And Self-Destruction🔄 Addiction And Recovery⚡ Toxic Masculinity
Undisputed Truth Summary
Undisputed Truth
A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.
by Mike Tyson 2013 592 pages
4.17
11k+ ratings
🥊 Boxing Memoirs💔 Childhood Trauma🌟 Fame And Self-Destruction🔄 Addiction And Recovery⚡ Toxic Masculinity
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
by Coco Mellors • 2022
An elevator meeting, a spontaneous wedding, and the long slow work of walking away.
3.68
200k+
🕰️ Age Gap Relationship🎨 Art World💍 Impulsive Marriage🍸 Alcoholism🌅 Bittersweet
Cleopatra and Frankenstein Summary
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
An elevator meeting, a spontaneous wedding, and the long slow work of walking away.
by Coco Mellors 2022 368 pages
3.68
200k+ ratings
🕰️ Age Gap Relationship🎨 Art World💍 Impulsive Marriage🍸 Alcoholism🌅 Bittersweet
How to Raise a Healthy Gamer
by Alok Kanojia • 2024
Video games meet real psychological needs. A clinical guide to replacing screen battles with trust.
4.13
1k+
🎮 Gaming Culture📱 Digital Parenting🧠 Adolescent Psychology🎰 Behavioral Addiction🤝 Alliance Parenting
How to Raise a Healthy Gamer Summary
How to Raise a Healthy Gamer
Video games meet real psychological needs. A clinical guide to replacing screen battles with trust.
by Alok Kanojia 2024 289 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
🎮 Gaming Culture📱 Digital Parenting🧠 Adolescent Psychology🎰 Behavioral Addiction🤝 Alliance Parenting
Molly's Game
by Molly Bloom • 2014
Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.
3.84
24k+
🎰 High-Stakes Gambling👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship🕶️ Underground Economies🌟 Celebrity Culture⚡ Power Dynamics
Molly's Game Summary
Molly's Game
Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.
by Molly Bloom 2014 272 pages
3.84
24k+ ratings
🎰 High-Stakes Gambling👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship🕶️ Underground Economies🌟 Celebrity Culture⚡ Power Dynamics
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick • 1977
An undercover agent addicted to a brain-splitting drug is assigned the target: himself.
4.02
100k+
🏙️ Near-Future Dystopia📖 Literary Sci-Fi🎭 Dual Identity Crisis👁️ Surveillance Paranoia💊 Addiction Spiral
A Scanner Darkly Summary
A Scanner Darkly
An undercover agent addicted to a brain-splitting drug is assigned the target: himself.
by Philip K. Dick 1977 217 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
🏙️ Near-Future Dystopia📖 Literary Sci-Fi🎭 Dual Identity Crisis👁️ Surveillance Paranoia💊 Addiction Spiral
I Can Fix This
by Kristina Kuzmic • 2024
Dismantling the lies that keep parents stuck when a child is in crisis.
4.65
1k+
📉 Child Mental Health👩‍👦 Parenting Memoir😔 Parental Guilt🎮 Parental Control🫶 Self-Care For Parents
I Can Fix This Summary
I Can Fix This
Dismantling the lies that keep parents stuck when a child is in crisis.
by Kristina Kuzmic 2024 240 pages
4.65
1k+ ratings
📉 Child Mental Health👩‍👦 Parenting Memoir😔 Parental Guilt🎮 Parental Control🫶 Self-Care For Parents
The Hacking of the American Mind
by Robert H. Lustig • 2017
Your brain's pleasure and happiness circuits are separate. Industry amplifies one, mutes the other.
4.09
3k+
🧠 Brain Chemistry💰 Corporate Manipulation🍬 Sugar Addiction📱 Attention Economy😊 Happiness Studies
The Hacking of the American Mind Summary
The Hacking of the American Mind
Your brain's pleasure and happiness circuits are separate. Industry amplifies one, mutes the other.
by Robert H. Lustig 2017 352 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
🧠 Brain Chemistry💰 Corporate Manipulation🍬 Sugar Addiction📱 Attention Economy😊 Happiness Studies
The Chronology of Water
by Lidia Yuknavitch • 2011
A swimmer's body remembered the abuse, the addiction, the stillbirth. One day she wrote it.
4.19
17k+
🔥 Experimental Memoir🌈 Queer Memoir🧠 Trauma And The Body✍️ Writing As Healing🏊 Swimming Memoir
The Chronology of Water Summary
The Chronology of Water
A swimmer's body remembered the abuse, the addiction, the stillbirth. One day she wrote it.
by Lidia Yuknavitch 2011 289 pages
4.19
17k+ ratings
🔥 Experimental Memoir🌈 Queer Memoir🧠 Trauma And The Body✍️ Writing As Healing🏊 Swimming Memoir
How to Quit Porn
by Brett McKay • 2015
Porn is a brain habit you can break. Step-by-step plans that work when willpower doesn't.
4.24
156
🧠 Porn Recovery❤️ Sexual Health🔄 Habit Change🔁 Habit Loops🧪 Dopamine
How to Quit Porn Summary
How to Quit Porn
Porn is a brain habit you can break. Step-by-step plans that work when willpower doesn't.
by Brett McKay 2015 86 pages
4.24
156 ratings
🧠 Porn Recovery❤️ Sexual Health🔄 Habit Change🔁 Habit Loops🧪 Dopamine
Sober Curious
by Ruby Warrington • 2018
A guide to better sleep, sharper focus, and natural highs, without swearing off the party.
3.59
4k+
🍷 Alcohol Culture🌫️ Gray Area Drinking🧘 Mindful Drinking💎 Emotional Sobriety🌿 Wellness Culture
Sober Curious Summary
Sober Curious
A guide to better sleep, sharper focus, and natural highs, without swearing off the party.
by Ruby Warrington 2018 240 pages
3.59
4k+ ratings
🍷 Alcohol Culture🌫️ Gray Area Drinking🧘 Mindful Drinking💎 Emotional Sobriety🌿 Wellness Culture
Boys in the Trees
by Carly Simon • 2015
The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.
3.67
12k+
🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir🎸 Women In Rock🧠 Mental Health And Creativity💔 Complicated Marriages👩‍👧 Art And Motherhood
Boys in the Trees Summary
Boys in the Trees
The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.
by Carly Simon 2015 384 pages
3.67
12k+ ratings
🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir🎸 Women In Rock🧠 Mental Health And Creativity💔 Complicated Marriages👩‍👧 Art And Motherhood
Antes de diciembre
by Joana Marcús • 2021
Her boyfriend demanded freedom. The boy next door made her want to close every door.
4.36
100k+
🎓 College Romance💔 Toxic First Love🩹 Addiction Recovery💕 Friends To Lovers🏚️ Family Trauma
Antes de diciembre Summary
Antes de diciembre
Her boyfriend demanded freedom. The boy next door made her want to close every door.
by Joana Marcús 2021 496 pages
4.36
100k+ ratings
🎓 College Romance💔 Toxic First Love🩹 Addiction Recovery💕 Friends To Lovers🏚️ Family Trauma
Sonny Boy
by Al Pacino • 2024
South Bronx to The Godfather to fifty million lost. Pacino's most unguarded confession.
4.01
14k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎭 Acting Craft💫 The Cost Of Fame🍷 Addiction And Recovery🏙️ Rise From Poverty
Sonny Boy Summary
Sonny Boy
South Bronx to The Godfather to fifty million lost. Pacino's most unguarded confession.
by Al Pacino 2024 384 pages
4.01
14k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎭 Acting Craft💫 The Cost Of Fame🍷 Addiction And Recovery🏙️ Rise From Poverty
Hey, Kiddo
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka • 2018
His mother lost to heroin, his grandparents take him in. Drawing becomes his refuge.
4.15
35k+
🎨 Graphic Memoir✍️ Cartoonist Memoir💊 Parental Addiction👴 Grandparent Bonds🖌️ Healing Through Art
Hey, Kiddo Summary
Hey, Kiddo
His mother lost to heroin, his grandparents take him in. Drawing becomes his refuge.
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka 2018 320 pages
4.15
35k+ ratings
🎨 Graphic Memoir✍️ Cartoonist Memoir💊 Parental Addiction👴 Grandparent Bonds🖌️ Healing Through Art
It Works How and Why
by Narcotic Anonymous • 1993
The blueprint under the steps: spiritual principles that dismantle addiction and reconstruct a life.
4.54
199
🩹 Addiction Recovery📝 Twelve Step Programs🙏 Spiritual Recovery🤲 Recovery Fellowships🔍 Self-Examination
It Works How and Why Summary
It Works How and Why
The blueprint under the steps: spiritual principles that dismantle addiction and reconstruct a life.
by Narcotic Anonymous 1993 221 pages
4.54
199 ratings
🩹 Addiction Recovery📝 Twelve Step Programs🙏 Spiritual Recovery🤲 Recovery Fellowships🔍 Self-Examination
Treating Pornography Addiction
by Kevin B. Skinner • 2005
Your porn habit feeds on loneliness and brain chemicals. A step-by-step plan for starving both.
4.14
239
🖥️ Pornography Addiction🧠 Behavioral Addiction🔬 Addiction Neuroscience🛡️ Relapse Prevention💭 Cognitive Behavioral
Treating Pornography Addiction Summary
Treating Pornography Addiction
Your porn habit feeds on loneliness and brain chemicals. A step-by-step plan for starving both.
by Kevin B. Skinner 2005 176 pages
4.14
239 ratings
🖥️ Pornography Addiction🧠 Behavioral Addiction🔬 Addiction Neuroscience🛡️ Relapse Prevention💭 Cognitive Behavioral
Beautiful Boy
by David Sheff • 2007
His golden son vanished into meth. A father's decade of love, lies, and letting go.
4.18
100k+
📖 Addiction Memoirs👨👦 Father-Son Bonds🔄 Relapse And Recovery🚧 Boundary Setting🪑 Al-Anon
Beautiful Boy Summary
Beautiful Boy
His golden son vanished into meth. A father's decade of love, lies, and letting go.
by David Sheff 2007 317 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
📖 Addiction Memoirs👨👦 Father-Son Bonds🔄 Relapse And Recovery🚧 Boundary Setting🪑 Al-Anon
Beyond the Wand
by Tom Felton • 2022
Draco Malfoy taught him to sneer. Three strangers taught him how to live.
4.28
100k+
🎬 Celebrity Memoir🌟 Child Stardom🩹 Addiction Recovery🎥 Behind The Scenes🎭 Fame And Identity
Beyond the Wand Summary
Beyond the Wand
Draco Malfoy taught him to sneer. Three strangers taught him how to live.
by Tom Felton 2022 288 pages
4.28
100k+ ratings
🎬 Celebrity Memoir🌟 Child Stardom🩹 Addiction Recovery🎥 Behind The Scenes🎭 Fame And Identity
Breathing Under Water
by Richard Rohr • 2011
The 12 steps aren't just for alcoholics: they map the spiritual disease every human shares.
4.32
5k+
🪜 Twelve-Step Spirituality🕊️ Christian Mysticism🌑 Shadow Work👐 Spiritual Surrender❤️‍🩹 Redemptive Suffering
Breathing Under Water Summary
Breathing Under Water
The 12 steps aren't just for alcoholics: they map the spiritual disease every human shares.
by Richard Rohr 2011 176 pages
4.32
5k+ ratings
🪜 Twelve-Step Spirituality🕊️ Christian Mysticism🌑 Shadow Work👐 Spiritual Surrender❤️‍🩹 Redemptive Suffering
Your Brain Is Always Listening
by Daniel G. Amen • 2021
The past installed invisible scripts in your brain. A playbook for spotting and rewriting them.
3.69
1k+
🧠 Brain Health🔄 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🎭 Emotional Regulation🔁 Habit Change🔬 Neuroplasticity
Your Brain Is Always Listening Summary
Your Brain Is Always Listening
The past installed invisible scripts in your brain. A playbook for spotting and rewriting them.
by Daniel G. Amen 2021
3.69
1k+ ratings
🧠 Brain Health🔄 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🎭 Emotional Regulation🔁 Habit Change🔬 Neuroplasticity
Rewire
by Richard O'Connor • 2014
Mindfulness is not just calm. It is the pause that lets you outvote your self-destructive autopilot.
3.82
1k+
🧷 Addiction Recovery🔄 Habit Change💣 Self-Sabotage🧘 Mindfulness Practice🎭 Emotional Regulation
Rewire Summary
Rewire
Mindfulness is not just calm. It is the pause that lets you outvote your self-destructive autopilot.
by Richard O'Connor 2014 304 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
🧷 Addiction Recovery🔄 Habit Change💣 Self-Sabotage🧘 Mindfulness Practice🎭 Emotional Regulation
The Nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2016
Four siblings, one trust fund, and the crash that forces them to finally grow up.
3.41
100k+
🏠 Family Saga⏳ Midlife Reckoning✍️ Creative Block🖤 Darkly Comic🗽 New York City
The Nest Summary
The Nest
Four siblings, one trust fund, and the crash that forces them to finally grow up.
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016 432 pages
3.41
100k+ ratings
🏠 Family Saga⏳ Midlife Reckoning✍️ Creative Block🖤 Darkly Comic🗽 New York City
The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual
by Lane Pederson • 2011
Contain the crisis before it burns your life down. The DBT manual for the rest of us.
4.14
216
🧠 Dialectical Behavior Therapy📉 Emotional Regulation🧘 Mindfulness Practice💬 Interpersonal Skills🛟 Distress Tolerance
The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual Summary
The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual
Contain the crisis before it burns your life down. The DBT manual for the rest of us.
by Lane Pederson 2011 278 pages
4.14
216 ratings
🧠 Dialectical Behavior Therapy📉 Emotional Regulation🧘 Mindfulness Practice💬 Interpersonal Skills🛟 Distress Tolerance
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
6k+
🏚️ Urban Poverty📊 Class Analysis💊 Addiction And Recovery🧠 Childhood Trauma🔁 Cycle Of Poverty
Poverty Safari Summary
Poverty Safari
Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.
by Darren McGarvey 2017 257 pages
4.01
6k+ ratings
🏚️ Urban Poverty📊 Class Analysis💊 Addiction And Recovery🧠 Childhood Trauma🔁 Cycle Of Poverty
Addictive Thinking
by Abraham J. Twerski • 1990
Addiction hijacks thinking itself: why smart people cannot see their own self-destruction.
4.17
500+
🧠 Addiction Psychology🪞 Cognitive Distortions🎭 Self-Deception💔 Shame And Addiction🌊 Emotional Regulation
Addictive Thinking Summary
Addictive Thinking
Addiction hijacks thinking itself: why smart people cannot see their own self-destruction.
by Abraham J. Twerski 1990 156 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
🧠 Addiction Psychology🪞 Cognitive Distortions🎭 Self-Deception💔 Shame And Addiction🌊 Emotional Regulation
An Invisible Thread
by Laura Schroff • 2010
A New York executive buys a hungry boy lunch; the Monday ritual reshapes both their lives.
4.07
48k+
🏙️ 1980s New York🤝 Unlikely Friendship🫂 Found Family🧒 Childhood Neglect🔗 Breaking Cycles
An Invisible Thread Summary
An Invisible Thread
A New York executive buys a hungry boy lunch; the Monday ritual reshapes both their lives.
by Laura Schroff 2010 260 pages
4.07
48k+ ratings
🏙️ 1980s New York🤝 Unlikely Friendship🫂 Found Family🧒 Childhood Neglect🔗 Breaking Cycles
The Alcohol Experiment
by Annie Grace • 2018
One drink demands the next. A 30-day experiment to break the chemical loop, no willpower needed.
4.33
2k+
✨ Sobriety Journeys💥 Habit Disruption🧠 Cognitive Reframing🧘 Mindfulness For Addiction🔄 Modern Recovery
The Alcohol Experiment Summary
The Alcohol Experiment
One drink demands the next. A 30-day experiment to break the chemical loop, no willpower needed.
by Annie Grace 2018 350 pages
4.33
2k+ ratings
✨ Sobriety Journeys💥 Habit Disruption🧠 Cognitive Reframing🧘 Mindfulness For Addiction🔄 Modern Recovery
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
1k+
🏅 Sports Memoirs💊 Addiction Memoirs🌅 Recovery Narratives💉 Heroin Addiction🏀 Basketball Careers
Basketball Junkie Summary
Basketball Junkie
33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.
by Chris Herren 2011 308 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
🏅 Sports Memoirs💊 Addiction Memoirs🌅 Recovery Narratives💉 Heroin Addiction🏀 Basketball Careers
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr • 1995
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
3.94
72k+
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents🧬 Generational Trauma🩹 Childhood Trauma
The Liars' Club Summary
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
by Mary Karr 1995 352 pages
3.94
72k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents🧬 Generational Trauma🩹 Childhood Trauma
The Age of Addiction
by David T. Courtwright • 2019
Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.
3.64
456
🧠 Attention Economy🍔 Food Engineering🔄 Behavioral Addiction🏥 Public Health History❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction
The Age of Addiction Summary
The Age of Addiction
Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.
by David T. Courtwright 2019 336 pages
3.64
456 ratings
🧠 Attention Economy🍔 Food Engineering🔄 Behavioral Addiction🏥 Public Health History❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction
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
74k+
💔 Marriage Crisis🦋 Addiction And Recovery💗 Emotional Vulnerability🌸 Women's Self-Discovery⛪ Faith Reconstruction
Love Warrior Summary
Love Warrior
After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.
by Glennon Doyle Melton 2016 272 pages
4.07
74k+ ratings
💔 Marriage Crisis🦋 Addiction And Recovery💗 Emotional Vulnerability🌸 Women's Self-Discovery⛪ Faith Reconstruction
Psychedelics
by David J. Nutt • 2023
Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.
4.36
500+
🍄 Psychedelic Therapy🧠 Neuroplasticity🩹 PTSD Recovery✨ Mystical Experience🔗 Addiction Recovery
Psychedelics Summary
Psychedelics
Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.
by David J. Nutt 2023 307 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
🍄 Psychedelic Therapy🧠 Neuroplasticity🩹 PTSD Recovery✨ Mystical Experience🔗 Addiction Recovery
The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently
by Allen Carr • 1995
Smoking only relieved the need smoking created. Grasp that, and the desire vanishes.
4.20
500+
🚭 Smoking Cessation🚬 Nicotine Addiction🩹 Addiction Recovery🧠 Quit Without Willpower🔄 Cognitive Reframing
The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently Summary
The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently
Smoking only relieved the need smoking created. Grasp that, and the desire vanishes.
by Allen Carr 1995 484 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
🚭 Smoking Cessation🚬 Nicotine Addiction🩹 Addiction Recovery🧠 Quit Without Willpower🔄 Cognitive Reframing
Ricochet
by Krista Ritchie • 2013
Her boyfriend is in rehab. She's a sex addict walking alone through a gauntlet of temptation.
3.73
100k+
🖤 Codependent Love🌱 Addiction Recovery🫂 Found Family🛋️ Therapy Journey👯 Sister Bonds
Ricochet Summary
Ricochet
Her boyfriend is in rehab. She's a sex addict walking alone through a gauntlet of temptation.
by Krista Ritchie 2013 265 pages
3.73
100k+ ratings
🖤 Codependent Love🌱 Addiction Recovery🫂 Found Family🛋️ Therapy Journey👯 Sister Bonds
Potatoes Not Prozac
by Kathleen DesMaisons • 1998
Some brains treat sugar like a drug. The step-by-step fix starts with breakfast, not willpower.
3.74
1k+
🍬 Sugar Addiction🧠 Food And Mood📊 Blood Sugar Regulation💔 Emotional Eating🔄 Addiction Recovery
Potatoes Not Prozac Summary
Potatoes Not Prozac
Some brains treat sugar like a drug. The step-by-step fix starts with breakfast, not willpower.
by Kathleen DesMaisons 1998 272 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
🍬 Sugar Addiction🧠 Food And Mood📊 Blood Sugar Regulation💔 Emotional Eating🔄 Addiction Recovery
The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
by Jordan Belfort • 2016
He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.
4.32
163
💰 Financial Crime🧠 Sales Psychology💊 Addiction Memoir📉 Fall From Grace🇺🇸 American Dream Critique
The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street Summary
The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.
by Jordan Belfort 2016 530 pages
4.32
163 ratings
💰 Financial Crime🧠 Sales Psychology💊 Addiction Memoir📉 Fall From Grace🇺🇸 American Dream Critique
The Dirt
by Tommy Lee • 2001
One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.
4.14
49k+
📖 Oral History🎸 Rock Memoirs🥂 Fame And Excess🤘 Glam Metal💉 Addiction Recovery
The Dirt Summary
The Dirt
One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.
by Tommy Lee 2001 431 pages
4.14
49k+ ratings
📖 Oral History🎸 Rock Memoirs🥂 Fame And Excess🤘 Glam Metal💉 Addiction Recovery
Bright Line Eating
by Susan Peirce Thompson • 2017
Four hard lines that turn healthy eating into a reflex, so willpower never enters the room.
3.88
4k+
🍩 Food Addiction🍬 Sugar Addiction🔄 Habit Formation⚖️ Metabolic Health🧬 Neuroscience Of Eating
Bright Line Eating Summary
Bright Line Eating
Four hard lines that turn healthy eating into a reflex, so willpower never enters the room.
by Susan Peirce Thompson 2017 320 pages
3.88
4k+ ratings
🍩 Food Addiction🍬 Sugar Addiction🔄 Habit Formation⚖️ Metabolic Health🧬 Neuroscience Of Eating
The Attention Fix
by Anders Hansen • 2024
Your brain was built for hunting, not scrolling. The mismatch explains why you cannot focus.
3.89
359
🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch📱 Digital Attention📵 Phone Addiction🧠 Dopamine And Reward⚡ Stress Biology
The Attention Fix Summary
The Attention Fix
Your brain was built for hunting, not scrolling. The mismatch explains why you cannot focus.
by Anders Hansen 2024 206 pages
3.89
359 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch📱 Digital Attention📵 Phone Addiction🧠 Dopamine And Reward⚡ Stress Biology
Beyond Codependency
by Melody Beattie • 1989
Codependency doesn't end when you first set a boundary. Here's what happens after.
4.22
3k+
🌀 Codependency Recovery🏠 Family Of Origin Work🧱 Healthy Boundaries💕 Self-Compassion Practices🔄 Breaking Cycles
Beyond Codependency Summary
Beyond Codependency
Codependency doesn't end when you first set a boundary. Here's what happens after.
by Melody Beattie 1989 252 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
🌀 Codependency Recovery🏠 Family Of Origin Work🧱 Healthy Boundaries💕 Self-Compassion Practices🔄 Breaking Cycles
The New Codependency
by Melody Beattie • 2008
Vanishing into other people is not love. The updated guide for boundaries that keep you here.
3.92
2k+
🧩 Codependency🚧 Boundary Setting💔 Family Dysfunction🎭 Emotional Repression🍃 Letting Go
The New Codependency Summary
The New Codependency
Vanishing into other people is not love. The updated guide for boundaries that keep you here.
by Melody Beattie 2008 288 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
🧩 Codependency🚧 Boundary Setting💔 Family Dysfunction🎭 Emotional Repression🍃 Letting Go
True Crime Addict
by James Renner • 2016
One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.
3.65
8k+
🔍 True Crime Memoir🕵️ Cold Cases🔎 Obsessive Investigations🍷 Addiction Memoir👪 Family Trauma
True Crime Addict Summary
True Crime Addict
One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.
by James Renner 2016 304 pages
3.65
8k+ ratings
🔍 True Crime Memoir🕵️ Cold Cases🔎 Obsessive Investigations🍷 Addiction Memoir👪 Family Trauma
A Quantum Life
by Hakeem Oluseyi • 2021
A crack addict hiding in Stanford labs. A newborn daughter. Solar telescopes and a second chance.
4.48
500+
🔭 Scientist Memoirs🩹 Addiction And Recovery📈 Upward Mobility🎓 Black In Academia🧪 Racism In Science
A Quantum Life Summary
A Quantum Life
A crack addict hiding in Stanford labs. A newborn daughter. Solar telescopes and a second chance.
by Hakeem Oluseyi 2021 356 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
🔭 Scientist Memoirs🩹 Addiction And Recovery📈 Upward Mobility🎓 Black In Academia🧪 Racism In Science
Allen Carr's Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking
by Allen Carr • 2002
Quitting isn't willpower. It's seeing that the cigarette never relieved stress, it created it.
4.10
1k+
🚭 Smoking Cessation💉 Nicotine Addiction🧠 Cognitive Reframing🧪 Addiction Psychology🩹 Addiction Recovery
Allen Carr's Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking Summary
Allen Carr's Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking
Quitting isn't willpower. It's seeing that the cigarette never relieved stress, it created it.
by Allen Carr 2002 215 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
🚭 Smoking Cessation💉 Nicotine Addiction🧠 Cognitive Reframing🧪 Addiction Psychology🩹 Addiction Recovery
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