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Real men drink. Just look at all the macho reasons for drinking: great nights, less stress, high jinx, amazing sex. It’s what proper blokes do. Except, that’s rubbish. Alcohol doesn’t make you tough, it makes you weak. It doesn’t remove your stress, it causes it. Behaving like a lad is preventing you from becoming a man. You can take control of your drinking.

I quit alcohol cold turkey three times. I nearly died all three times. This is not a sobriety book full of slogans. Not a recovery memoir wrapped in inspiration. This is a clinical breakdown of what happens when you stop drinking without understanding alcohol's brain hijack.

STOP SURVIVING THE CRAVINGS. START DEFEATING THE MONSTER. Do you ever promise yourself you won't drink today, only to find yourself reaching for a glass by 6: 00 PM? You aren't weak. You are simply caught in a tug-of-war with a biological and psychological "Monster" that has hijacked your reward systems. In Alcohol Monster, Nick Acton provides a day-by-day roadmap to deconstructing your habit from the inside out. This isn't a lecture on the harms of alcohol: it is a 31-day masterclass in regaining your autonomy.

The Unconventional Addict is a powerful and inspiring account of the rollercoaster journey from addiction and trauma to freedom and joy. Whether you're sober curious, navigating codependency and people pleasing, or simply feeling that something in your life needs to change, The Unconventional Addict is your guide to clarity, healing, and self-discovery.

Giulia è appena maggiorenne e deve reinventarsi, o forse semplicemente trovare il suo posto nel mondo. Eppure non è felice, perché è cresciuta nel vuoto, in una famiglia piena di irrisolti, in un silenzio assordante che non sa come zittire. Abbandonarsi all'alcol sembra l'unica strada: il corpo che si assottiglia, la mente che si frantuma, la sensazione di essere sempre altrove mentre la vita scorre. Ci vorrà tempo per arrivare al fondo e risalire, per imparare a guardare il buio senza più annegarci dentro, per scoprire che è possibile perfino amarsi, ascoltarsi senza giudicarsi.

Addiction didn’t drown Brent Wright overnight. It discreetly infiltrated his life, initially presenting itself as a good time. It first offered laughter and fun, followed by relief and numbness. Addiction didn’t take everything at once; it gradually consumed him—dreams, values, relationships—until he found himself isolated and alone. Addiction thrived on loneliness, stole joy, crushed ambitions, and devastated everything in its wake. It broke what it promised to fix.

This program is read by the author. An unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka. “A powerful thunderclap of a memoir.” —Lilliam Rivera, author of Dealing in Dreams A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today.com...

Unlike some popular memoirs that have fictionalized and romanticized the degradations of drug addiction, Broken is a true-life tale of recovery that stuns and inspires with virtually every page. The eldest son of journalist Bill Moyers, William Cope Moyers relates with unforgettable clarity the...

“A thoughtful twist on the recovery memoir” (O, The Oprah Magazine) that explains the different ways bestselling author Martha Grimes and her son, Ken Grimes, recognized and overcame their addictions, now with two new chapters—one from each author. In this introspective and groundbreaking...

This audiobook is informative and enjoyable!

There is a silence that lives in homes shaped by addiction. It is not peaceful—it is watchful. For more than twenty-two years, Lisa Benton lived inside that silence. On the outside, her family looked whole. On the inside, life became a constant recalibration—reading moods, managing energy, and surviving what was never spoken. So she became the stabilizer. The one who held everything together. Until everything fell apart.

This compassionate 365-day sobriety guide is designed to help you navigate your first year alcohol-free, whether you’re on Day 1, Day 91, or starting over again. Through one honest, gentle passage each day, it offers encouragement, mindset shifts, and practical reflections that support real healing without shame, pressure, or perfection. Rather than focusing on “giving something up,” this guide reframes sobriety as gaining your life back, rebuilding confidence, calming anxiety, breaking the shame cycle, and creating emotional resilience one small intention at a time.

Sister Maurice is a fun and exciting speaker.

Why do so many women drink and eat to excess and then spend their days regretting it? An expert on women and depression explains what can be done to treat and prevent it. Depression is a common and debilitating problem among women, though it rarely occurs in a vacuum. As Susan Nolen-Hoeksema's...

You are about to experience my life through insanity, addiction, recovery, success, and reinvention from 1984 to 2026. This is a raw and unfiltered account of what actually happened. I tell you how chaotic my life was, how badly I unraveled at times, the reckless choices I made, how deep my alcoholism went, and how constantly I tried to escape from myself.

What if the path to freedom you've been walking has been Jesus's path all along? For nearly a century, millions have found freedom through the Twelve Steps—freedom from addiction, fear, and the tyranny of self. But few realize that the principles powering this transformation are ancient Christian practices, preserved in recovery rooms and waiting to be reconnected to their Source.

Stop Numbing Yourself with Alcohol and Start Expanding Your Mind with Science. Are you tired of the hangovers, the brain fog, and the toxicity of alcohol? Are you curious about the "California Sober" lifestyle? But when you look at alternatives (cannabis edibles, magic mushrooms, kratom) you see chaos, horror stories, and bad trips. This is not just a book. It is your flight manual. Ernst-Marcus Thomas, a psychologist with a master's degree from the University of Munich, Germany, and former skeptic, takes you on a journey from the canals of Amsterdam to the frontiers of bio-hacking

Why does addiction look the same everywhere — whether the substance is heroin or the behavior is scrolling a screen? Why does recovery follow the same agonizing cycle of hope and relapse, regardless of what a person is addicted to? And why does the boundary between "addicts" and "everyone else" feel so uncomfortably thin? Boris Kriger spent three decades in the world of addiction — as a young paramedic in the Soviet Union, a rehabilitation worker in Jerusalem, and a clergyman running a shelter in Canada.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Selma Blair has played many roles: Ingenue in Cruel Intentions. Preppy ice queen in Legally Blonde. Muse to Karl Lagerfeld. Advocate for the multiple sclerosis community. But before all of that, Selma was known best as … a mean baby. In a memoir that is as wildly...

Circle of Wine pulls back the cover and gives us glimpses into the convoluted layers that make up the addictive circle of alcohol addiction that sucks its victims in and keeps them spiraling out of control. Author Greta Kay reaches beyond rhetoric and excuses to carve out a compassionate, clear path for those ready to gain freedom from their addiction.