Addiction category: 1829 books
Wake Up, Mummy
The heartbreaking true story of an abused little girl whose mother was too drunk to notice
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
'I squeezed through the narrow gap and out into the hallway and I stood for a moment, unable to decide where to go. Should I make a dash for the kitchen, where my mother would be swigging from a bottle? Or should I run upstairs and try to find somewhere to hide? It was a choice I didn't really need...
by Lisa E. F. Hereford
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
** Fair warning: This is a true story of sexual abuse, drugs, rape, betrayal and triumph **
**Warning:This book contains crude language and is not for the faint of heart**
As I sat down to write this story about my life, I had to think a long time about how to start...
Mientrás tú bebías
Un relato de luz y esperanza para los familiares de un enfermo alcohólico
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Pocos meses antes de su boda, Marian recibe una noticia que la obliga a emprender un viaje inesperado para acompañar a su hermano y a sus cuatro sobrinos en el funeral de su cuñada. Jamás imaginó que este viaje cambiaría por completo el rumbo de su vida. Una serie de encuentros y desencuentros...
Sharp
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
David Fitzpatrick’s Sharp is an extraordinary memoir—a fascinating, disturbing look into the mind of a man who, in his early 20s, began cutting himself due to a severe mental illness. A beautifully written treatment of a powerful subject, Fitzpatrick—whose symptoms included extreme depression...
Buzz
The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 1996
Alcohol and caffeine are deeply woven into the fabric of life for most of the world's population, as close and as comfortable as a cup of coffee or a can of beer. Yet for most people they remain as mysterious and unpredictable as the spirits they were once thought to be. Now, in Buzz, Stephen Braun...
by Jim McGregor
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
The friends and family of a drug or alcohol addict are often left out of the recovery process. The timeless wisdom of the Tao has been adapted to gently change those who are suffering into peaceful, healthy, self-confident humans, ready to fully rejoin life in a serene and harmonious way.
by Allen Carr
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 1985
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 1985
'If you follow my instructions you will be a happy non-smoker for the rest of your life.' That's a strong claim from Allen Carr, but as the world's leading quit smoking expert, Allen was right to boast! This classic guide to the world's most successful stop smoking method is all you need to give up smoking....
Dry
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
The Tenth Anniversary Edition of the New York Times bestselling book that has sold over half a million copies in paperback.
"I was addicted to "Bewitched" as a kid. I worshipped Darren Stevens the First. When he'd come home from work and Samantha would say, ‘Darren, would you like...
En pie de guerra
La novela más moderna y completa sobre las drogas
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 8, 2019
¿Sabes qué sustancia se pone en las bebidas para drogar a las mujeres y abusar de ellas? ¿Conoces los tipos de drogas que se usan ahora? Cada capítulo de este libro contiene datos sobre una droga específica: GHB, rohipnol, peyote, cocaína, éxtasis, PCP, efedrina, ketamina, cannabis, LSD, crack,...
The Language of Letting Go
Daily Meditations on Codependency
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2009
Written for those of us who struggle with codependency, these daily meditations offer growth and renewal, and remind us that the best thing we can do is take responsibility for our own self-care.
Melody Beattie integrates her own life experiences and fundamental recovery reflections in this...
Blackout
Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure." She spent her evenings at cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last call. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong, enlightened twenty-first-century...
by Devin Nerison
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
What happens when you are diagnosed with a brain tumor at twelve years old? How to escape a Mexican shoot-out on a hot tin roof? And how does one rescue a fish from a Bangkok wet market? Find out in Devin Nerison's "A Search for Life." Follow the author through exotic locations and share...
by Al-Anon Family Groups
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
More daily inspiration from a fresh, diverse perspective. Insightful reflections reveal surprisingly simple things that can transform lives.
Bad Dog
A Love Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
(A true story.)
Meet Hola. She’s a nightmare, but it’s not her fault if she tackles strangers and chews on furniture, or if she runs after buses and fried chicken containers and drug dealers. No one ever told her not to. Worse yet, she scares her family. Hola may be the most beautiful Bernese...