Best Addiction Books | Summaries & Audio

Addiction Book Summaries

Wandering Stars

by Tommy Orange • 2024

An 1864 massacre survivor. A boarding school runaway. A powwow dancer shot in Oakland. One family.

3.81

39k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🩸 Inherited Trauma 🏫 Boarding School Assimilation 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

Wandering Stars

An 1864 massacre survivor. A boarding school runaway. A powwow dancer shot in Oakland. One family.

by Tommy Orange 2024 315 pages

3.81

39k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🩸 Inherited Trauma 🏫 Boarding School Assimilation 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

Pryor Convictions

by Richard Pryor • 1995

Brothel childhood. Cocaine addiction. Self-immolation. Richard Pryor's life, before the punchline.

4.05

1k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 😢 Childhood Trauma 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🇺🇸 Race In America 🔥 Surviving Catastrophe

Pryor Convictions

Brothel childhood. Cocaine addiction. Self-immolation. Richard Pryor's life, before the punchline.

by Richard Pryor 1995 261 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 😢 Childhood Trauma 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🇺🇸 Race In America 🔥 Surviving Catastrophe

Hillbilly Elegy

by J.D. Vance • 2016

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

3.83

500k+

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

Hillbilly Elegy

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

by J.D. Vance 2016 264 pages

3.83

500k+ ratings

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

Codependent No More Workbook

by Melody Beattie • 2011

A spiritual program for untangling your life from the people you are trying to rescue.

4.31

500+

🪢 Codependency Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🕊️ Spiritual Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧊 Emotional Sobriety

Codependent No More Workbook

A spiritual program for untangling your life from the people you are trying to rescue.

by Melody Beattie 2011 200 pages

4.31

500+ ratings

🪢 Codependency Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🕊️ Spiritual Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧊 Emotional Sobriety

The Little Book of Big Change

by Amy Johnson • 2016

Why willpower backfires: the insight shift that unwinds any habit without struggle or setback.

3.88

1k+

🧘 Addiction Recovery 💡 Insight-Based Change 🌱 Innate Health 🌀 Non-Dual Psychology 🌊 Urge Management

The Little Book of Big Change

Why willpower backfires: the insight shift that unwinds any habit without struggle or setback.

by Amy Johnson 2016 200 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

🧘 Addiction Recovery 💡 Insight-Based Change 🌱 Innate Health 🌀 Non-Dual Psychology 🌊 Urge Management

Breaking Addiction

by Lance Dodes • 2011

Addiction begins hours before the act, driven by rage against powerlessness, not a brain disease.

3.88

304

🩹 Addiction Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🚫 Alternatives To Aa 🌱 Emotional Root Causes 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

Breaking Addiction

Addiction begins hours before the act, driven by rage against powerlessness, not a brain disease.

by Lance Dodes 2011 221 pages

3.88

304 ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🚫 Alternatives To Aa 🌱 Emotional Root Causes 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

Hard to Break

by Russell A. Poldrack • 2021

Dopamine doesn't just feel good. It builds habits that your conscious mind can't override.

3.57

169

🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🔄 Habit Formation 💉 Dopamine And Reward 🎮 Cognitive Control ⚡ Addiction Neuroscience

Hard to Break

Dopamine doesn't just feel good. It builds habits that your conscious mind can't override.

by Russell A. Poldrack 2021 232 pages

3.57

169 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🔄 Habit Formation 💉 Dopamine And Reward 🎮 Cognitive Control ⚡ Addiction Neuroscience

Living Sober

by Alcoholics Anonymous • 1975

Staying sober, day by day: practical tools built by those who've done it.

4.35

1k+

🛡️ Alcohol Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🚧 Relapse Prevention 🛠️ Recovery Skills 🤝 Peer Support

Living Sober

Staying sober, day by day: practical tools built by those who've done it.

by Alcoholics Anonymous 1975 87 pages

4.35

1k+ ratings

🛡️ Alcohol Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🚧 Relapse Prevention 🛠️ Recovery Skills 🤝 Peer Support

Lucky Man

by Michael J. Fox • 2002

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

4.08

29k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs 📢 Disability Advocacy 💰 Medical Philanthropy

Lucky Man

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

by Michael J. Fox 2002 272 pages

4.08

29k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs 📢 Disability Advocacy 💰 Medical Philanthropy

Unwasted

by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011

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

3.79

1k+

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

Unwasted

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

by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011 272 pages

3.79

1k+ ratings

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

A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps

by Patrick J. Carnes • 1993

Why the Twelve Steps work for any addiction, and the exercises that rewire the addicted brain.

4.17

477

🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🔗 Trauma And Addiction 🙏 Spiritual Recovery 🧠 Neuroscience Of Addiction

A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps

Why the Twelve Steps work for any addiction, and the exercises that rewire the addicted brain.

by Patrick J. Carnes 1993 328 pages

4.17

477 ratings

🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🔗 Trauma And Addiction 🙏 Spiritual Recovery 🧠 Neuroscience Of Addiction

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

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

by Tiffany Jenkins 2017 384 pages

4.20

47k+ ratings

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

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

500+

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

The Sober Truth

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

by Lance Dodes 2014 192 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

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

Drink?

by David J. Nutt • 2020

Seven drinks cost you 30 minutes. A neuroscientist explains the damage and why no level is safe.

4.04

2k+

🍸 Alcohol Science 🏥 Public Health 🧠 Neuropharmacology 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🍷 Mindful Drinking

Drink?

Seven drinks cost you 30 minutes. A neuroscientist explains the damage and why no level is safe.

by David J. Nutt 2020 258 pages

4.04

2k+ ratings

🍸 Alcohol Science 🏥 Public Health 🧠 Neuropharmacology 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🍷 Mindful Drinking

Sex Addiction 101

by Robert Weiss • 2013

Sex addiction is not about sex. Recovery starts with a boundary plan, not with willpower.

4.08

117

🛡️ Sex Addiction Recovery 🧠 Behavioral Addictions 🔗 Trauma And Addiction 💔 Love Addiction 💥 Betrayal Trauma

Sex Addiction 101

Sex addiction is not about sex. Recovery starts with a boundary plan, not with willpower.

by Robert Weiss 2013 266 pages

4.08

117 ratings

🛡️ Sex Addiction Recovery 🧠 Behavioral Addictions 🔗 Trauma And Addiction 💔 Love Addiction 💥 Betrayal Trauma

I Am Jennie

by Jennie Ketcham • 2012

A porn star's alter ego was her armor, until recovery demanded she strip it away.

3.82

500+

👄 Adult Film Industry 🧠 Intimacy Disorder 🎭 Dual Identity 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖋️ Confessional Memoir

I Am Jennie

A porn star's alter ego was her armor, until recovery demanded she strip it away.

by Jennie Ketcham 2012 352 pages

3.82

500+ ratings

👄 Adult Film Industry 🧠 Intimacy Disorder 🎭 Dual Identity 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖋️ Confessional Memoir

Guts

by Kristen Johnston • 2012

A burst intestine, two weeks in a coma, and the Hollywood career that hid the drinking.

3.90

5k+

🍷 Addiction Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Functional Addiction 🪨 Rock Bottom Stories 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Guts

A burst intestine, two weeks in a coma, and the Hollywood career that hid the drinking.

by Kristen Johnston 2012 288 pages

3.90

5k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Functional Addiction 🪨 Rock Bottom Stories 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Happy People Are Annoying

by Josh Peck • 2022

Fat, fatherless, and funny: a child star's armor became his cage, and sobriety the key.

4.05

18k+

🎬 Child Stardom 🧃 Sobriety Memoirs 😂 Humor As Defense 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🔄 Hollywood Reinvention

Happy People Are Annoying

Fat, fatherless, and funny: a child star's armor became his cage, and sobriety the key.

by Josh Peck 2022 272 pages

4.05

18k+ ratings

🎬 Child Stardom 🧃 Sobriety Memoirs 😂 Humor As Defense 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🔄 Hollywood Reinvention

The Basketball Diaries

by Jim Carroll • 1978

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

3.99

31k+

🖤 Addiction Memoir 🗽 1960s New York 🏀 Sports As Salvation 🏚️ Gritty Realism 📓 Teenage Diarist

The Basketball Diaries

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

by Jim Carroll 1978 224 pages

3.99

31k+ ratings

🖤 Addiction Memoir 🗽 1960s New York 🏀 Sports As Salvation 🏚️ Gritty Realism 📓 Teenage Diarist

12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery

by Allen Berger • 2008

Recovery gets derailed by twelve predictable patterns. Here is how to spot and short-circuit them.

4.12

246

🧪 Addiction Recovery 🛑 Relapse Prevention 🧘 Emotional Sobriety 🙏 Twelve-Step Principles ✨ Recovery Spirituality

12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery

Recovery gets derailed by twelve predictable patterns. Here is how to spot and short-circuit them.

by Allen Berger 2008 136 pages

4.12

246 ratings

🧪 Addiction Recovery 🛑 Relapse Prevention 🧘 Emotional Sobriety 🙏 Twelve-Step Principles ✨ Recovery Spirituality

The Betrayal Bond

by Patrick J. Carnes • 1997

Destructive relationships create bonds as powerful as addiction. The proven path to breaking free.

4.33

1k+

🚫 Toxic Relationships 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Relationship Addiction 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🧱 Boundary Setting

The Betrayal Bond

Destructive relationships create bonds as powerful as addiction. The proven path to breaking free.

by Patrick J. Carnes 1997 249 pages

4.33

1k+ ratings

🚫 Toxic Relationships 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Relationship Addiction 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🧱 Boundary Setting

The Parrot's Perch

by Karen Keilt • 2019

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

4.23

334

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

The Parrot's Perch

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

by Karen Keilt 2019 290 pages

4.23

334 ratings

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

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

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

by Harold C. Urschel III 2009 288 pages

3.88

307 ratings

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

Alcoholics Anonymous

by Alcoholics Anonymous • 1939

Willpower keeps failing alcoholics. The original program that works starts where self-control ends.

4.49

12k+

🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤝 Peer-Led Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Surrender 🩺 Addiction As Disease 🧰 Sobriety Maintenance

Alcoholics Anonymous

Willpower keeps failing alcoholics. The original program that works starts where self-control ends.

by Alcoholics Anonymous 1939 467 pages

4.49

12k+ ratings

🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤝 Peer-Led Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Surrender 🩺 Addiction As Disease 🧰 Sobriety Maintenance

Rewired

by Erica Spiegelman • 2015

Recovery is rebuilding the self that no longer needs the substance. A blueprint for real change.

3.86

472

🧰 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Holistic Recovery 🧠 Emotional Sobriety 🔧 Life Redesign 🔒 Personal Integrity

Rewired

Recovery is rebuilding the self that no longer needs the substance. A blueprint for real change.

by Erica Spiegelman 2015 144 pages

3.86

472 ratings

🧰 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Holistic Recovery 🧠 Emotional Sobriety 🔧 Life Redesign 🔒 Personal Integrity

Brothers

by Alex Van Halen • 2024

Alex Van Halen remembers Eddie: the immigrant brotherhood that built rock's most explosive band.

4.08

9k+

🎸 Rock Music History 🎤 Band Memoirs 👥 Sibling Bands 🔥 Artistic Obsession 🛠️ Diy Music Scenes

Brothers

Alex Van Halen remembers Eddie: the immigrant brotherhood that built rock's most explosive band.

by Alex Van Halen 2024 240 pages

4.08

9k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Music History 🎤 Band Memoirs 👥 Sibling Bands 🔥 Artistic Obsession 🛠️ Diy Music Scenes

Choke

by Chuck Palahniuk • 2001

A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.

3.71

200k+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 😈 Dark Satire 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🤝 Codependent Friendship 💔 Mother-Son Dysfunction

Choke

A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.

by Chuck Palahniuk 2001 293 pages

3.71

200k+ ratings

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 😈 Dark Satire 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🤝 Codependent Friendship 💔 Mother-Son Dysfunction

If We Break

by Kathleen Buhle • 2022

A political wife's hidden life of addiction and betrayal, and her fight to reclaim herself.

4.20

3k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🔗 Co-Dependency 💔 Infidelity Recovery 🔒 Family Secrets

If We Break

A political wife's hidden life of addiction and betrayal, and her fight to reclaim herself.

by Kathleen Buhle 2022 304 pages

4.20

3k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🔗 Co-Dependency 💔 Infidelity Recovery 🔒 Family Secrets

Take Me with You

by Catherine Ryan Hyde • 2014

A grieving father. A broken RV. A mechanic's desperate offer: take my sons for the summer.

4.22

45k+

🚐 Road Trip Fiction 👨‍👦‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Grief Journey 💧 Tearjerker 🏞️ National Parks

Take Me with You

A grieving father. A broken RV. A mechanic's desperate offer: take my sons for the summer.

by Catherine Ryan Hyde 2014 362 pages

4.22

45k+ ratings

🚐 Road Trip Fiction 👨‍👦‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Grief Journey 💧 Tearjerker 🏞️ National Parks

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

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

by Brett Douglas 2018 420 pages

4.00

3k+ ratings

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

Silicon Valley Porn Star

by Jason Portnoy • 2022

He built startups by day and a sex addiction by night. Then his wife called.

4.32

256

🖥️ Silicon Valley Culture 🔞 Pornography Addiction 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience

Silicon Valley Porn Star

He built startups by day and a sex addiction by night. Then his wife called.

by Jason Portnoy 2022 222 pages

4.32

256 ratings

🖥️ Silicon Valley Culture 🔞 Pornography Addiction 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience

The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet

by Mark Hyman • 2014

Ten days that break your biological addiction to sugar: whole-food rules, no willpower required.

3.81

3k+

🍩 Food Addiction 🥗 Elimination Diets 🩸 Blood Sugar Control 🥬 Whole Foods Eating 🩺 Functional Medicine

The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet

Ten days that break your biological addiction to sugar: whole-food rules, no willpower required.

by Mark Hyman 2014 352 pages

3.81

3k+ ratings

🍩 Food Addiction 🥗 Elimination Diets 🩸 Blood Sugar Control 🥬 Whole Foods Eating 🩺 Functional Medicine

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

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

by Anna Lembke 2016 192 pages

4.00

1k+ ratings

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

Pour Me, A Life

by A.A. Gill • 2014

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

4.08

2k+

🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Pour Me, A Life

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

by A.A. Gill 2014 288 pages

4.08

2k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Ghosted

by J.M. Darhower • 2017

Her famous ex is back, sober, wanting to meet their daughter. She's heard promises before.

3.99

52k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 👧 Single Parent 💕 First Love 💔 Addiction And Recovery

Ghosted

Her famous ex is back, sober, wanting to meet their daughter. She's heard promises before.

by J.M. Darhower 2017 452 pages

3.99

52k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 👧 Single Parent 💕 First Love 💔 Addiction And Recovery

How to Murder Your Life

by Cat Marnell • 2017

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

3.88

21k+

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

How to Murder Your Life

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

by Cat Marnell 2017 384 pages

3.88

21k+ ratings

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

I've Tried Being Nice

by Ann Leary • 2024

A bat on her pajamas, a famous spouse, and the moment she stopped being nice.

3.78

1k+

📝 Personal Essays 🌅 Midlife Reflections 🙇‍♀️ People Pleasing 🔥 Menopause 🛤️ Addiction Recovery

I've Tried Being Nice

A bat on her pajamas, a famous spouse, and the moment she stopped being nice.

by Ann Leary 2024 240 pages

3.78

1k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 🌅 Midlife Reflections 🙇‍♀️ People Pleasing 🔥 Menopause 🛤️ Addiction Recovery

Tell Your Children

by Alex Berenson • 2019

The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.

4.01

1k+

🌿 Marijuana And Health ⚖️ Legalization Debate 🧠 Addiction Science 🧒 Adolescent Brain 💊 Mental Illness And Drugs

Tell Your Children

The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.

by Alex Berenson 2019 272 pages

4.01

1k+ ratings

🌿 Marijuana And Health ⚖️ Legalization Debate 🧠 Addiction Science 🧒 Adolescent Brain 💊 Mental Illness And Drugs

Over the Top

by Jonathan Van Ness • 2019

A hairdresser's path from meth addiction to Queer Eye stardom, and the secret he carried.

4.18

68k+

🧑‍🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Nonconformity

Over the Top

A hairdresser's path from meth addiction to Queer Eye stardom, and the secret he carried.

by Jonathan Van Ness 2019 269 pages

4.18

68k+ ratings

🧑‍🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Nonconformity

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine

by David A. Kessler • 2025

Your food is engineered to addict you. The science, the drugs, and the unfinished revolution.

3.77

500+

🧬 Obesity Science 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🍩 Food Addiction 💉 GLP-1 Medications 🧠 Dopamine And Reward

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine

Your food is engineered to addict you. The science, the drugs, and the unfinished revolution.

by David A. Kessler 2025 400 pages

3.77

500+ ratings

🧬 Obesity Science 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🍩 Food Addiction 💉 GLP-1 Medications 🧠 Dopamine And Reward

Canary in the Coal Mine

by William Cooke • 2021

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

3.92

500+

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💉 Harm Reduction 🏥 Rural Healthcare 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🧠 Trauma Informed Care

Canary in the Coal Mine

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

by William Cooke 2021 320 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💉 Harm Reduction 🏥 Rural Healthcare 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🧠 Trauma Informed Care

Recupera tu mente, reconquista tu vida

by Marian Rojas Estapé • 2024

A neuroscience-based plan to starve your dopamine addictions and feel alive again.

4.27

4k+

🧠 Dopamine Detox 📱 Digital Detox 🧘 Attention Restoration 😴 Sleep Science 🔥 Neuroinflammation

Recupera tu mente, reconquista tu vida

A neuroscience-based plan to starve your dopamine addictions and feel alive again.

by Marian Rojas Estapé 2024 448 pages

4.27

4k+ ratings

🧠 Dopamine Detox 📱 Digital Detox 🧘 Attention Restoration 😴 Sleep Science 🔥 Neuroinflammation

The Prelude

by William Wordsworth • 1850

He broke women for sport. Then he met someone who played his game better, with cameras.

3.88

4k+

🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Recovery Memoirs 🔄 Cycles Of Trauma 🎭 Emotional Manipulation

The Prelude

He broke women for sport. Then he met someone who played his game better, with cameras.

by William Wordsworth 1850 704 pages

3.88

4k+ ratings

🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Recovery Memoirs 🔄 Cycles Of Trauma 🎭 Emotional Manipulation

The Illustrated Easyway to Stop Smoking

by Allen Carr • 2006

You smoke to relieve a craving that non-smokers never feel. Freedom starts when that clicks.

4.11

1k+

🚭 Smoking Cessation 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🧠 Psychological Addiction 💭 Cognitive Reframing 🔨 Habit Breaking

The Illustrated Easyway to Stop Smoking

You smoke to relieve a craving that non-smokers never feel. Freedom starts when that clicks.

by Allen Carr 2006 176 pages

4.11

1k+ ratings

🚭 Smoking Cessation 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🧠 Psychological Addiction 💭 Cognitive Reframing 🔨 Habit Breaking

Crank

by Ellen Hopkins • 2004

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

4.16

100k+

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Crank

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

by Ellen Hopkins 2004 537 pages

4.16

100k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

A Little Bit Broken

by Roz Weston • 2022

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

4.25

1k+

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bonds 🕯️ Parental Loss

A Little Bit Broken

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

by Roz Weston 2022 333 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bonds 🕯️ Parental Loss

Antidepressed

by Beverley Thomson • 2021

Antidepressants can create the brain state they're supposed to cure, and quitting is even harder.

4.40

🧠 Antidepressant Harm 💊 Psychiatric Drugs 🏥 Medicalization 💀 Iatrogenic Harm 📉 Withdrawal Syndrome

Antidepressed

Antidepressants can create the brain state they're supposed to cure, and quitting is even harder.

by Beverley Thomson 2021 320 pages

4.40

48 ratings

🧠 Antidepressant Harm 💊 Psychiatric Drugs 🏥 Medicalization 💀 Iatrogenic Harm 📉 Withdrawal Syndrome

Facing Love Addiction

by Pia Mellody • 1989

Why you mistake intensity for love, chase unavailable partners, and how to stop.

4.09

1k+

💘 Relationship Addiction 🔗 Codependency Recovery 👥 Attachment Theory 🚪 Fear Of Abandonment 🧱 Fear Of Intimacy

Facing Love Addiction

Why you mistake intensity for love, chase unavailable partners, and how to stop.

by Pia Mellody 1989 240 pages

4.09

1k+ ratings

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