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Knives & Spoons

by Luis J. Gomez ...

Knives & Spoons is a raw, darkly funny, and deeply honest memoir chronicling the turbulent childhood of comedian and entrepreneur Luis J. Gomez. Beginning with the devastating loss of his father and ending with the equally tragic death of his mother, this book offers an unflinching look at a life shaped by heartbreak, chaos, and resilience.Through vivid storytelling, Gomez navigates the highs and ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Knives & Spoons is a raw, darkly funny, and deeply honest memoir chronicling the turbulent childhood of comedian and entrepreneur Luis J. Gomez. Beginning with the devastating loss of his father and ending with the equally tragic death of his mother, this book offers an unflinching look at a life shaped by heartbreak, chaos, and resilience.Through vivid storytelling, Gomez navigates the highs and
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Undoing Drugs

How Harm Reduction Is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction

by Maia Szalavitz ...

From “one of the bravest, smartest writers about addiction anywhere” (Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author)—the untold story of harm reduction, a surprisingly simple idea with enormous powerDrug overdoses now kill more Americans annually than guns, cars or breast cancer. But we have tried to solve this national crisis with policies that only made matters worse. In the name of “sending ... Read more

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From “one of the bravest, smartest writers about addiction anywhere” (Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author)—the untold story of harm reduction, a surprisingly simple idea with enormous powerDrug overdoses now kill more Americans annually than guns, cars or breast cancer. But we have tried to solve this national crisis with policies that only made matters worse. In the name of “sending
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Asylum

by William Seabrook ...

"Perhaps the most honest and haunting accounts of the struggle for mental health in literature." — ObserverThis dramatic memoir recounts an eight-month stay at a Westchester mental hospital in the early 1930s. William Seabrook, a renowned journalist and explorer, voluntarily committed himself to an asylum for treatment of acute alcoholism. His sincere, self-critical appraisal of his experiences ... Read more

$8.69 USD

"Perhaps the most honest and haunting accounts of the struggle for mental health in literature." — ObserverThis dramatic memoir recounts an eight-month stay at a Westchester mental hospital in the early 1930s. William Seabrook, a renowned journalist and explorer, voluntarily committed himself to an asylum for treatment of acute alcoholism. His sincere, self-critical appraisal of his experiences
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The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends

Evidence-Based Skills to Help a Loved One Make Positive Change

by Jeffrey Foote, PhD, Kenneth Carpenter, PhD, Carrie Wilkens, PhD ...

A practical and compassionate approach for helping your loved one change.If you have a loved one who is struggling with alcohol or other drugs, you may have feelings of frustration, anger, fear, or sadness. You may also feel powerless and unsure of how to help them, and how best to support them over time. You don’t have to try a “tough love” approach or wait for your loved one to “hit rock bottom” ... Read more

$14.99 USD

A practical and compassionate approach for helping your loved one change.If you have a loved one who is struggling with alcohol or other drugs, you may have feelings of frustration, anger, fear, or sadness. You may also feel powerless and unsure of how to help them, and how best to support them over time. You don’t have to try a “tough love” approach or wait for your loved one to “hit rock bottom”
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The Porn Trap

The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography

by Wendy Maltz, Larry Maltz ...

“An extremely helpful and much needed resource. . . . I highly recommend it."—Harville Hendrix, author of Getting the Love You Want and Receiving LoveSince the explosion of the Internet, the number of people struggling with addiction to Internet pornography has skyrocketed. But there has been a distinct lack of resources to help them until now. The Porn Trap is the first book to take a ... Read more

$7.99 USD

“An extremely helpful and much needed resource. . . . I highly recommend it."—Harville Hendrix, author of Getting the Love You Want and Receiving LoveSince the explosion of the Internet, the number of people struggling with addiction to Internet pornography has skyrocketed. But there has been a distinct lack of resources to help them until now. The Porn Trap is the first book to take a
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Quit Like a Woman

The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol

by Holly Whitaker ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An unflinching examination of how our drinking culture hurts women and a gorgeous memoir of how one woman healed herself.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed“You don’t know how much you need this book, or maybe you do. Either way, it will save your life.”—Melissa Hartwig Urban, Whole30 co-founder and CEOThe founder o... ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An unflinching examination of how our drinking culture hurts women and a gorgeous memoir of how one woman healed herself.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed“You don’t know how much you need this book, or maybe you do. Either way, it will save your life.”—Melissa Hartwig Urban, Whole30 co-founder and CEOThe founder o...
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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Vaping

Get Free from JUUL, IQOS, Disposables, Tanks or any other Nicotine Product

by Allen Carr, John Dicey ...

Series Book 93 - Allen Carr's Easyway
Allen Carr's Easyway is a global phenomenon - a clinically proven and 100% drug-free treatment for nicotine addiction. First used as an internationally renowned and incredibly successful stop-smoking method, this cutting-edge approach now addresses the fastest-growing nicotine delivery system in the world, vaping.The Easyway method tackles addiction from an entirely different angle. Rather than ... Read more

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Allen Carr's Easyway is a global phenomenon - a clinically proven and 100% drug-free treatment for nicotine addiction. First used as an internationally renowned and incredibly successful stop-smoking method, this cutting-edge approach now addresses the fastest-growing nicotine delivery system in the world, vaping.The Easyway method tackles addiction from an entirely different angle. Rather than
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Writing Drunk, Writing Sober

by Lawrence Block ...

From Lawrence Block's introduction to WRITING DRUNK, WRITING SOBER:"Back in 1976 I started writing my column in Writer's Digest, and the following April I got sober, and some six months later I wrote an essay for WD on the subject, which in accordance with AA traditions I published under an ad hoc pen name, Kent Hackett."And gave it no further thought, with the result that it never got into Terry ... Read more

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From Lawrence Block's introduction to WRITING DRUNK, WRITING SOBER:"Back in 1976 I started writing my column in Writer's Digest, and the following April I got sober, and some six months later I wrote an essay for WD on the subject, which in accordance with AA traditions I published under an ad hoc pen name, Kent Hackett."And gave it no further thought, with the result that it never got into Terry
... Read more
Unshaming

A Memoir of Recovery, Relapse, and What Comes After

by Jowita Bydlowska ...

**The author of Drunk Mom continues her “bravely and beautifully told” story of alcohol addiction in this raw, unsparing memoir about shame and relapse (Lena Dunham)Honest and grimly funny—with actionable advice for readers of addiction memoirs like Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly and Sarah Hepola’s Blackout**It’s been over a decade since Jowita Bydlowska published her lightning rod of a memoir on ... Read more

$15.99 USD

**The author of Drunk Mom continues her “bravely and beautifully told” story of alcohol addiction in this raw, unsparing memoir about shame and relapse (Lena Dunham)Honest and grimly funny—with actionable advice for readers of addiction memoirs like Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly and Sarah Hepola’s Blackout**It’s been over a decade since Jowita Bydlowska published her lightning rod of a memoir on
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Codependent No More

How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Revised and Updated)

by Melody Beattie ...

REVISED AND UPDATED * With a New Chapter on Trauma and Anxiety, a List of Resources, and More * 2023 Nautilus Book Award Winner * As Heard on Glennon Doyle’s We Can Do Hard Things PodcastThe cultural phenomenon that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to understanding codependency and unlocking its hold on your life.Melody Beattie’s compassionate and insightful ... Read more

$12.99 USD

REVISED AND UPDATED * With a New Chapter on Trauma and Anxiety, a List of Resources, and More * 2023 Nautilus Book Award Winner * As Heard on Glennon Doyle’s We Can Do Hard Things PodcastThe cultural phenomenon that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to understanding codependency and unlocking its hold on your life.Melody Beattie’s compassionate and insightful
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Moving Forward in God's Grace: The Journey Continues, Participant's Guide 5

A Recovery Program Based on Eight Principles from the Beatitudes

by John Baker, Johnny Baker ...

Series series Celebrate Recovery
Celebrate Recovery introduces The Journey Continues—four new participant’s guides designed as a revolutionary, new second step study curriculum. This step study is taken after completing The Journey Begins (Participant Guides 1-4). In the six lessons in Guide 5: Moving Forward in God's Grace, you will experience Christ-centered and biblically based studies filled with brand new acrostics, deeper ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Celebrate Recovery introduces The Journey Continues—four new participant’s guides designed as a revolutionary, new second step study curriculum. This step study is taken after completing The Journey Begins (Participant Guides 1-4). In the six lessons in Guide 5: Moving Forward in God's Grace, you will experience Christ-centered and biblically based studies filled with brand new acrostics, deeper
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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions

by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. ...

Commonly referred to as the “Twelve and Twelve,” Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions comprises 24 foundational essays by Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. that have helped millions of A.A. members worldwide both to get and stay sober “one day at a time,” and to ensure that their "Fellowship" — Alcoholics Anonymous as a whole — will be there for them tomorrow.First published by Grapevine in ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Commonly referred to as the “Twelve and Twelve,” Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions comprises 24 foundational essays by Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. that have helped millions of A.A. members worldwide both to get and stay sober “one day at a time,” and to ensure that their "Fellowship" — Alcoholics Anonymous as a whole — will be there for them tomorrow.First published by Grapevine in
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Close Encounters with Addiction

by Gabor Maté MD ...

A groundbreaking look at addiction and recovery from the bestselling author of The Myth of Normal—the modern self-help classic that reframes everything you were taught about trauma and substance abuseAddictions always originate in pain, whether felt openly or hidden in the unconscious. In In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, world-renowned physician and trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté offers a ... Read more

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A groundbreaking look at addiction and recovery from the bestselling author of The Myth of Normal—the modern self-help classic that reframes everything you were taught about trauma and substance abuseAddictions always originate in pain, whether felt openly or hidden in the unconscious. In In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, world-renowned physician and trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté offers a
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The Little Red Book for Women

by Anonymous ...

The Little Red Book for Women speaks directly to women of the 21st Century who seek both the restorative powers of Twelve Step recovery and insights into the time-honored traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.Published in 1957, The Little Red Book is known as the foremost study guide to the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. However, the original volume, filled with practical advice for sober living, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

The Little Red Book for Women speaks directly to women of the 21st Century who seek both the restorative powers of Twelve Step recovery and insights into the time-honored traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.Published in 1957, The Little Red Book is known as the foremost study guide to the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. However, the original volume, filled with practical advice for sober living,
... Read more
The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism

Orthomolecular Treatment of Addictions

by Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D., Andrew W Saul, Ph.D. ...

Series series Vitamin Cure
Alcoholics suffer from a nutrient deficiency, especially vitamin B3. This work outlines the nutritional factors proven successful in treating alcoholism. It can help those who suffer from alcohol addiction, their friends and loved-ones, and those in the relevant helping professions. ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Alcoholics suffer from a nutrient deficiency, especially vitamin B3. This work outlines the nutritional factors proven successful in treating alcoholism. It can help those who suffer from alcohol addiction, their friends and loved-ones, and those in the relevant helping professions.
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First in the Family

A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream

by Jessica Hoppe ...

**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 DreamsA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today.com, LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire, Publishers Weekly**In this deeply moving and lyrical memoir, Hoppe shares an intimate, courageous account of what ... Read more

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**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 DreamsA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today.com, LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire, Publishers Weekly**In this deeply moving and lyrical memoir, Hoppe shares an intimate, courageous account of what
... Read more
Healing Neen

One Woman's Path to Salvation from Trauma and Addiction

by Tonier Cain ...

"Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…"– Joshua 24:15 (NIV)It is almost unfathomable to believe that just nine years ago Neen was in prison—a place as familiar to her as the streets she lived on. In just 15 years, she had been arrested 83 times with 66 convictions. Neen had–and lost–four children, she was a crack addict, a prostitute, and desperately lost. But as long as she had ... Read more

$13.99 USD

"Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…"– Joshua 24:15 (NIV)It is almost unfathomable to believe that just nine years ago Neen was in prison—a place as familiar to her as the streets she lived on. In just 15 years, she had been arrested 83 times with 66 convictions. Neen had–and lost–four children, she was a crack addict, a prostitute, and desperately lost. But as long as she had
... Read more
Why We Drink Too Much

The Impact of Alcohol on Our Bodies and Culture

by Dr. Charles Knowles ...

"In a useful entry in the growing canon of 'quit lit,' Charles Knowles blends science and memoir to persuade readers to cut down on alcohol." **—**New York Times Book ReviewWe drink it, celebrate with it, and barely question it—but what is alcohol really doing to us?Drinking alcohol can be fun; its chemical effects on our brain are fundamentally pleasurable, and it can have social benefits. ... Read more

$14.99 USD

"In a useful entry in the growing canon of 'quit lit,' Charles Knowles blends science and memoir to persuade readers to cut down on alcohol." **—**New York Times Book ReviewWe drink it, celebrate with it, and barely question it—but what is alcohol really doing to us?Drinking alcohol can be fun; its chemical effects on our brain are fundamentally pleasurable, and it can have social benefits.
... Read more
I Wish I'd Known

Young People, Drugs and Decisions: A Guide for Parents and Carers

by Fiona Spargo-Mabbs ...

**'SUCH AN IMPORTANT BOOK... ESSENTIAL READING FOR PARENTS' Gabby Logan**'INCREDIBLY POWERFUL... A MUST-READ' Victoria DerbyshireWhen Dan died, I realised many things.I realised drugs were closer to our door than I'd thought.I realised drugs have become normalised for young people.I realised drugs are more affordable, accessible and available than ever before.... ... Read more

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**'SUCH AN IMPORTANT BOOK... ESSENTIAL READING FOR PARENTS' Gabby Logan**'INCREDIBLY POWERFUL... A MUST-READ' Victoria DerbyshireWhen Dan died, I realised many things.I realised drugs were closer to our door than I'd thought.I realised drugs have become normalised for young people.I realised drugs are more affordable, accessible and available than ever before....
... Read more
The Sleep Fix

Practical, Proven, and Surprising Solutions for Insomnia, Snoring, Shift Work, and More

by Diane Macedo ...

From renowned ABC News anchor/correspondent and formerinsomniac Diane Macedo, comes a practical, user-friendly guide to gettingbetter sleep. The Sleep Fix flips the switch on common advice,illuminating the reporter’s relentless search for how to get a good night’ssleep and the surprising, scientific, and practical solutions she found alongthe way.Roughlythirty percent of the population is ... Read more

$16.99 USD

From renowned ABC News anchor/correspondent and formerinsomniac Diane Macedo, comes a practical, user-friendly guide to gettingbetter sleep. The Sleep Fix flips the switch on common advice,illuminating the reporter’s relentless search for how to get a good night’ssleep and the surprising, scientific, and practical solutions she found alongthe way.Roughlythirty percent of the population is
... Read more
BREAKING THROUGH A Journey From Darkness to Dawn

A Memoir of Addiction, Loss, and Redemption

by Blake Winters ...

The Raw, Unflinching Story of One Man's Battle with Addiction—and His Triumphant Return to LifeWhat if your worst moment became your greatest strength?At 25, Ethan Cross was dying under a highway overpass—homeless, addicted to heroin, and convinced his story would end there. Today, he's a husband, father, recovery advocate, and living proof that rock bottom can become your foundation."Breaking ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Raw, Unflinching Story of One Man's Battle with Addiction—and His Triumphant Return to LifeWhat if your worst moment became your greatest strength?At 25, Ethan Cross was dying under a highway overpass—homeless, addicted to heroin, and convinced his story would end there. Today, he's a husband, father, recovery advocate, and living proof that rock bottom can become your foundation."Breaking
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Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II

by Al-Anon Family Groups ...

More daily inspiration from a fresh, diverse perspective. Insightful reflections reveal surprisingly simple things that can transform lives. ... Read more

$9.99 USD

More daily inspiration from a fresh, diverse perspective. Insightful reflections reveal surprisingly simple things that can transform lives.
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A Little Time for Myself

A Collection of Al‑Anon Personal Experiences

by Al-Anon Family Groups ...

Al-Anon’s latest daily reader shares the personal experiences and many voices of the Al-Anon fellowship today, illustrating that Al‑Anon is indeed for anyone affected by someone else’s drinking. ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Al-Anon’s latest daily reader shares the personal experiences and many voices of the Al-Anon fellowship today, illustrating that Al‑Anon is indeed for anyone affected by someone else’s drinking.
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Saving Ellen

A Memoir of Hope and Recovery

by Maura Casey ...

A coming-of-age memoir that follows a large, working-class Irish family as it plunges into chaos in the wake of a terminal diagnosis—and the author's own hidden struggle to endure when her sister's disease becomes the dark star around which they all revolve.“A story for anyone who has refused to give up on someone, including themselves. . . . With her ever-expanding heart, she helps us find the ... Read more

$16.99 USD

A coming-of-age memoir that follows a large, working-class Irish family as it plunges into chaos in the wake of a terminal diagnosis—and the author's own hidden struggle to endure when her sister's disease becomes the dark star around which they all revolve.“A story for anyone who has refused to give up on someone, including themselves. . . . With her ever-expanding heart, she helps us find the
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