🪜 Twelve Step Recovery

Stories and guides rooted in the twelve-step tradition, charting the harrowing and hopeful path from addiction's grip toward surrender, fellowship, and sustained sobriety.

Codependent No More

by Melody Beattie • 1986

Let go of the uncontrollable, say no without guilt, and start answering your own life first.

4.12

51k+

🔗 Codependency Recovery 🍷 Adult Children Of Alcoholics 💔 Loved Ones Of Addicts 🚧 Boundary Setting 🎭 People Pleasing

Codependent No More

Let go of the uncontrollable, say no without guilt, and start answering your own life first.

by Melody Beattie 1986

4.12

51k+ ratings

🔗 Codependency Recovery 🍷 Adult Children Of Alcoholics 💔 Loved Ones Of Addicts 🚧 Boundary Setting 🎭 People Pleasing

Healing the Child Within

by Charles L. Whitfield • 1987

Buried in childhood shame, the true self waits. The original roadmap for recovering it.

4.06

6k+

👶 Inner Child Work 🔗 Codependency 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🛡️ Shame Resilience 💔 Emotional Neglect

Healing the Child Within

Buried in childhood shame, the true self waits. The original roadmap for recovering it.

by Charles L. Whitfield 1987

4.06

6k+ ratings

👶 Inner Child Work 🔗 Codependency 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🛡️ Shame Resilience 💔 Emotional Neglect

Living Clean

by Unknown • 2012

The first recovery gets you clean. The second teaches you to live.

4.58

529

🏥 Addiction Recovery 🛤️ Long Term Recovery 🧎 Spiritual Practice 🌅 Spiritual Awakening 🤝 Recovery Community

Living Clean

The first recovery gets you clean. The second teaches you to live.

by Unknown 2012

4.58

529 ratings

🏥 Addiction Recovery 🛤️ Long Term Recovery 🧎 Spiritual Practice 🌅 Spiritual Awakening 🤝 Recovery Community

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

by Matthew Perry • 2022

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

3.94

408k+

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Fame And Emptiness 🎬 Entertainment Industry

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

by Matthew Perry 2022

3.94

408k+ ratings

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Fame And Emptiness 🎬 Entertainment Industry

I Forgot to Die

by Khalil Rafati • 2015

How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.

4.34

3k+

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🌑 Heroin Addiction 🏚️ Homelessness 🙏 Recovery Spirituality

I Forgot to Die

How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.

by Khalil Rafati 2015

4.34

3k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🌑 Heroin Addiction 🏚️ Homelessness 🙏 Recovery Spirituality

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

Vanishing into other people is not love. The updated guide for boundaries that keep you here.

by Melody Beattie 2008

3.92

2k+ ratings

🧩 Codependency 🚧 Boundary Setting 💔 Family Dysfunction 🎭 Emotional Repression 🍃 Letting Go

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

694

🪢 Codependency Recovery 🕊️ Spiritual Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧊 Emotional Sobriety 🦺 Caretakers And Rescuers

Codependent No More Workbook

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

by Melody Beattie 2011

4.31

694 ratings

🪢 Codependency Recovery 🕊️ Spiritual Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧊 Emotional Sobriety 🦺 Caretakers And Rescuers

Living Sober

by Alcoholics Anonymous • 1975

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

4.35

2k+

🛡️ Alcohol Recovery 🚧 Relapse Prevention 🛠️ Recovery Skills 🤝 Peer Support 🔄 Habit Replacement

Living Sober

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

by Alcoholics Anonymous 1975

4.35

2k+ ratings

🛡️ Alcohol Recovery 🚧 Relapse Prevention 🛠️ Recovery Skills 🤝 Peer Support 🔄 Habit Replacement

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

🩹 Addiction Recovery 🔗 Trauma And Addiction 🙏 Spiritual Recovery 🧠 Neuroscience Of Addiction 👶 Inner Child Work

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

4.17

477 ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery 🔗 Trauma And Addiction 🙏 Spiritual Recovery 🧠 Neuroscience Of Addiction 👶 Inner Child Work

Traveling Mercies

by Anne Lamott • 1999

Faith for people who swear, drink too much, and can't stomach Sunday school answers.

4.14

49k+

✝️ Spiritual Memoir 💔 Messy Spirituality 😂 Comic Memoir 🌧️ Grief And Loss 🤝 Forgiveness

Traveling Mercies

Faith for people who swear, drink too much, and can't stomach Sunday school answers.

by Anne Lamott 1999

4.14

49k+ ratings

✝️ Spiritual Memoir 💔 Messy Spirituality 😂 Comic Memoir 🌧️ Grief And Loss 🤝 Forgiveness

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

4.08

117 ratings

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

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps

by Stephanie S. Covington • 1994

The Twelve Steps, reimagined through women's experience of trauma, relationships, and identity.

4.45

643

👩 Female Addiction Issues 🩹 Addiction And Trauma 🕊️ Spiritual Recovery 🧘 Emotional Sobriety 📚 Feminist Psychology

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps

The Twelve Steps, reimagined through women's experience of trauma, relationships, and identity.

by Stephanie S. Covington 1994

4.45

643 ratings

👩 Female Addiction Issues 🩹 Addiction And Trauma 🕊️ Spiritual Recovery 🧘 Emotional Sobriety 📚 Feminist Psychology

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

3.88

4k+ ratings

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

Mentors

by Russell Brand • 2019

Russell Brand's mentors included a murderer and a monk. His recovery depended on both.

3.67

2k+

🧠 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Mentorship And Guidance 🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🕉️ Spiritual Seeking 💝 Service And Purpose

Mentors

Russell Brand's mentors included a murderer and a monk. His recovery depended on both.

by Russell Brand 2019

3.67

2k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Mentorship And Guidance 🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🕉️ Spiritual Seeking 💝 Service And Purpose

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 🧠 Dual Diagnosis 🗽 New York Memoirs

Girl Walks Out of a Bar

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 🧠 Dual Diagnosis 🗽 New York Memoirs

One Breath at a Time

by Kevin Griffin • 2004

Buddhist wisdom meets the 12 steps: how surrender and mindfulness create recovery that awakens.

4.28

1k+

☸️ Buddhist Recovery 🧘 Mindfulness In Recovery 🌊 Surrender In Recovery 🔍 Self-Examination 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

One Breath at a Time

Buddhist wisdom meets the 12 steps: how surrender and mindfulness create recovery that awakens.

by Kevin Griffin 2004

4.28

1k+ ratings

☸️ Buddhist Recovery 🧘 Mindfulness In Recovery 🌊 Surrender In Recovery 🔍 Self-Examination 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

Facing Codependence

by Pia Mellody • 1989

Codependence: a childhood-born disease of control, shame, and blurred boundaries that can be healed.

4.07

3k+

🎭 Codependency 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🔦 Shame Healing 🚧 Boundary Setting 🌟 Self-Esteem

Facing Codependence

Codependence: a childhood-born disease of control, shame, and blurred boundaries that can be healed.

by Pia Mellody 1989

4.07

3k+ ratings

🎭 Codependency 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🔦 Shame Healing 🚧 Boundary Setting 🌟 Self-Esteem

Woman Who Love Too Much

by Robin Norwood

It feels like love but works like an addiction, and the needle was loaded in childhood.

4.03

🪢 Codependency 🖤 Obsessive Love 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🦸 Savior Complex 🧩 Childhood Trauma

Woman Who Love Too Much

It feels like love but works like an addiction, and the needle was loaded in childhood.

by Robin Norwood

4.03

78 ratings

🪢 Codependency 🖤 Obsessive Love 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🦸 Savior Complex 🧩 Childhood Trauma

Reality Check

by Mike Sorrentino • 2023

The body that made him famous couldn't protect him from opiate addiction, fraud, or federal prison.

4.28

14k+

🏥 Recovery Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Fame And Addiction 📺 Reality Television 🔒 Federal Prison

Reality Check

The body that made him famous couldn't protect him from opiate addiction, fraud, or federal prison.

by Mike Sorrentino 2023

4.28

14k+ ratings

🏥 Recovery Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Fame And Addiction 📺 Reality Television 🔒 Federal Prison

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