Nearly 30 years after hearing Anthony Hopkins speak at a Los Angeles recovery meeting, Senior Contributor Lane Kennedy revisits that experience through his memoir, We Did OK, Kid. As Hopkins celebrates 50 years sober, Lane reflects on why getting sober is only the beginning—and what it really means to stay.
Simon Dyson threw Ironman medals in a shoebox, drank to fix what could not be fixed, and got sober after a stranger prayed for him at Notre Dame. Then he rode 852 kilometers across the Karoo and came home with a farm to build for his son Billy.
Evan Cason’s memoir, *Beyond the Street Lamp*, offers a sincere look at the journey from gang life to sobriety. In her review, Patti Clark highlights the book’s heartfelt nature while also noting its structural challenges. Cason’s story is a poignant reminder of the power of vulnerability and honesty in the recovery journey.
Hayden Panettiere spent much of her life in public, but some of her most meaningful moments came when she stopped performing and told the truth. Senior Sober Curator Contributor Anne Marie Cribbin reflects on Panettiere’s openness about postpartum depression, addiction and the personal cost of refusing to pretend everything was fine.
In Drunk Daddy, Trixie Rose tells the story of growing up with an alcoholic father and the emotional survival strategies that followed her into adulthood. Amy Liz Harrison reviews this short, funny and quietly devastating addition to the Bad Memoir series.
Senior Sober Curator Contributor Tony Harte reviews Jason Mayo’s In Case of Emergency, Break Childhood, a brutally honest, darkly funny and deeply relatable memoir about childhood trauma, addiction, relationships and the slow loss of control. More than a retelling of one man’s downward spiral, the book invites readers inside the thoughts and emotions behind it.
Comedian Stefanie Wilder-Taylor built a sobriety podcast that refuses to lecture. Alysse Bryson sat down with her this week. Here’s why Drunk-ish deserves a spot in your podcast rotation, and a few story hooks we’re not giving away.
There is a version of sober content that is essentially homework. A reading list of recovery memoirs. A podcast subscription…
Rabbi Shais Taub wrote a book about the twelve steps that doesn’t sound like any other book about the twelve…
Imagine if Sex and the City’s Samantha was an addict and her drug of choice was men. Go on a hilarious,…
“The Weight of Air” tracks Poses through multiple relapses, treatment centers, and the grinding dailiness of trying to stay clean.…
To write your recovery story is an act of courage. Writing a raw memoir, writing ‘Addiction Fiction,’ or crafting a…
No one ever expects their own brother to burn the house down. Every so often, a book comes along that…
Jen Hatmaker’s “Awake” lands like a spiritual defibrillator, jolting readers out of the autopilot haze we Gen Xers perfected somewhere…
#QUITLIT, WRITTEN FROM THE INSIDE OUT: Celebrating the Sober Curator Contributors Who Literally Wrote the Book(s) on Recovery There’s a…
All I could think about while reading Megan Swan’s memoir, Marinating in Chaos: Live Intuitively, Make Bold and Authentic Decisions,…
I grew up in the 1960s and 70s. And Dick Van Dyke was a mainstay on our TV. He was…
Every now and then, I have a peek through the reviews of my book, READY. SET. LIFE, to see if…
I loved this book! It captures the absolutely insane nature of co-dependency. This book is for anyone who has ever…
If you’ve ever drafted a list of moderation rules — no drinks on Tuesdays, only wine, never tequila — you…
It’s Recovery Month, and what better way to celebrate than finally writing that quit lit book? Ever wondered how to…
Featuring Ted Neill on the “Eternally Amy” Podcast What does it mean to get sober — not just from alcohol,…
What happens after the pink cloud fades? Tiffany Jenkins has the answers—and they’re raw, real, and ridiculously relatable. When the…
File under: Not Your Mama’s Quit Lit ???? So apparently everyone but me knew who John Crist was. Yeah, that…
After reading the memoir “From Junkie to Judge, One Woman’s Triumph over Trauma and Addiction” by Mary Beth O’Connor, I…
What does redemption look like?Sometimes it looks like a guy who’s hit rock bottom.Sometimes it looks like a broken system,…
“The 12-Step Guide for Skeptics,” by Arlina Allen, is a tome that delights skeptics and believers alike with its candid…
Let’s be real—my recovery is already extra, so it only made sense that my Big Book got a little extra…
Every person who’s ever stared into the mirror, vowing to leave old habits behind and then actually done it, has…
In 1899, in a sweltering tobacco field in Truevine, Virginia, two African American boys—George and Willie Muse—were plucked from their…
