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ADDICTION FICTION: Fiction Book reviews featuring addiction, recovery, and mental health storylines.
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“Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze” by Tawny Lara is a must-read for…
Guilty Prayer, a collection of poems by Steve Henn, may be short in length, with only 40 pages, but its…
This is a beautifully written book that is quite different from the usual action-packed “Addiction Fiction” thrillers and crime stories…
Lawrence Block has written 22 books featuring Matthew Scudder, his ex-cop/unlicensed private detective. Eight Million Ways to Die is the…
Anyone who reads crime fiction is familiar with the alcoholic ex-cop private investigator character. Randy Chalmers is an ex-cop who…
This is the first book by Michele Miller that I have read, and it was excellent. It starts as a…
After years of hiding her addiction from everyone—stockpiling pills in her Louboutin’s and elaborately scheduling her withdrawals between PTA meetings,…
I recently reached the one-year milestone and thought of my journey. I also thought of the people who helped get…
It was a sold-out venue in downtown Portland last Saturday when author Laura McKowen @lauramckowen teamed up with Sans Bar…
What combines Fun, Friendship, Reading, Connection & Growth? Connect with women just like you, who love books and love their…
What if you are the most courageous, inspiring woman you know? What if through the pain and struggles and the…
A master of Sobriety and recovered alcoholic of over ten years, POP Buchanan reveals the formula he used to put…
Newest #QUITIT book review to add to our sober archives. Many of us have fantasized about going back in time…
Part memoir and part social critique, Drinking Games is about how one woman drank and lived― and how, for her, the last…
Amy welcomes Barbara Legere, author of Keven’s Choice: A Mother’s Journey Through Her Son’s Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide. What…
Leave no one behind is a phrase I heard hundreds of times during my days in the Army. I served…
Does that sober someone in your life love to read? Give the gift of recovery books with our curated list of #quitlit that we think should be on the must-read list this holiday season!
Do you love reading books about recovery and mental health? Do you love book clubs? If you answered YES to…
Amy welcomes friends Carolyn Bunn and Alysse Bryson of The Sober Curator for the first in a series we are…
Arlina Allen, Host of the One Day at a Time Podcast and Founder of the Sober Life School brings you…
Book Review: “Euphoric” by Karolina Rzadkowolska In her enlightening book “Euphoric,” Karolina Rzadkowolska, a leading alcohol-free empowerment expert and bestselling…
Drunk on Covid, Sober on Zoom is the coffee table book you never knew you needed, until now. I take…
Imagine if Sex and the City’s Samantha was an addict and her drug of choice was men. Go on a hilarious,…
Author, professional speaker, substance abuse counselor, and podcast host Mike Gliem shares his in-depth story about his 20+ years battling…
Peggi Cooney, Author of This Side of Alcohol, is a Social Work Instructor/Coach with a Master’s in Social Work. She’s…
In this deeply personal and illuminating memoir about her fifteen-year struggle with heroin, Khar sheds profound light on the opioid…
Sarah Alaimo is a Career Happiness Coach, Healthcare Recruiter, Addiction Recovery Advocate, and Published Author. She’s also a Southern California…
From an early age, Amber van de Bunt knew she wasn’t like the other girls in town. From childhood struggles…
Growing up in Beverly Hills, Amy Dresner had a top-notch private school education, the most expensive summer camps, and even…