Best Addiction Books

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The Addiction Manifesto
The Addiction Manifesto 4.75 avg rating — 1,246 ratings
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Teenage Degenerate
Teenage Degenerate 3.90 avg rating — 582 ratings
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Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget 4.04 avg rating — 22,968 ratings
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction 4.17 avg rating — 102,392 ratings
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Unwifeable: A Memoir
Unwifeable: A Memoir 3.58 avg rating — 3,265 ratings
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The Drug Users Bible
The Drug Users Bible 4.43 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines
Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines
by: Nic Sheff
3.98 avg rating — 46,201 ratings
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The Forever Fight: On Drugs, Alcohol and the Cycle of Addiction
The Forever Fight: On Drugs, Alcohol and the Cycle of Addiction 4.80 avg rating — 120 ratings
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The Basketball Diaries
The Basketball Diaries 3.99 avg rating — 31,489 ratings
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The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery
The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery 4.20 avg rating — 2,280 ratings
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Why Don't They JUST QUIT?
Why Don't They JUST QUIT? 4.08 avg rating — 103 ratings
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The Recovery Formula: An Addict's Guide to getting Clean & Sober Forever
The Recovery Formula: An Addict's Guide to getting Clean & Sober Forever 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Opiate Addiction - The Painkiller Addiction Epidemic, Heroin Addiction and the Way Out
Opiate Addiction - The Painkiller Addiction Epidemic, Heroin Addiction and the Way Out 3.95 avg rating — 128 ratings
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The Bench
The Bench 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Joey Song: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction
The Joey Song: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction 4.52 avg rating — 392 ratings
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The Drug Users Bible [Extended Edition]
The Drug Users Bible [Extended Edition] 4.40 avg rating — 40 ratings
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We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction
We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction
by: Nic Sheff
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,689 ratings
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Happy Ending
Happy Ending
by: David Rat
4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping with the Grief, Stress and Anger that Trigger Addictive Behaviors (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping with the Grief, Stress and Anger that Trigger Addictive Behaviors (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) 4.14 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.
Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. 4.36 avg rating — 74,245 ratings
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Only the Devil Tells the Truth
Only the Devil Tells the Truth 4.02 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Black Tar: For the Love of Heroin
Black Tar: For the Love of Heroin 3.71 avg rating — 263 ratings
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This Naked Mind: Alcohol Exposed Drink Less, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness And Change Your Life.
This Naked Mind: Alcohol Exposed Drink Less, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness And Change Your Life. 4.24 avg rating — 19,402 ratings
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Basketball Junkie
Basketball Junkie 4.11 avg rating — 1,558 ratings
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The Happy Addict: How to be Happy in Recovery from Alcoholism or Drug Addiction
The Happy Addict: How to be Happy in Recovery from Alcoholism or Drug Addiction 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change
Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change 4.33 avg rating — 851 ratings
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Facing the Dragon: How a Desperate Act Pulled One Addict Out of Methamphetamine Hell
Facing the Dragon: How a Desperate Act Pulled One Addict Out of Methamphetamine Hell 4.20 avg rating — 152 ratings
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Drunk Mom: A Memoir
Drunk Mom: A Memoir 3.76 avg rating — 4,475 ratings
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Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs 4.04 avg rating — 2,207 ratings
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Writers on the Edge: 22 Writers Speak about Addiction and Dependency
Writers on the Edge: 22 Writers Speak about Addiction and Dependency 4.17 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Crazy Town: Money. Marriage. Meth.
Crazy Town: Money. Marriage. Meth. 3.83 avg rating — 396 ratings
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Divine Innocence
Divine Innocence 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Light
The Light really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Soul Recovery: 12 Keys to Healing Addiction... and Twelve Steps for the Rest of Us - A Path to Wholeness, Serenity and Success
Soul Recovery: 12 Keys to Healing Addiction... and Twelve Steps for the Rest of Us - A Path to Wholeness, Serenity and Success 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent Into Crystal Meth Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland
Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent Into Crystal Meth Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland 3.60 avg rating — 771 ratings
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The Lesser Spotted Addict
The Lesser Spotted Addict it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Dream Brother
Dream Brother 3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Below Sea Level
Below Sea Level 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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My Rehab Diary
My Rehab Diary 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Pillbillies (Pillbillies, #1)
Pillbillies (Pillbillies, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 2,274 ratings
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The Medical Librarian's Guide to Natural Mental Health
The Medical Librarian's Guide to Natural Mental Health 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Breaking Free: How to be Completely Free from any Addiction
Breaking Free: How to be Completely Free from any Addiction 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Oulanem
Oulanem 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Nameless Indignities: Unraveling the Mystery of One of Illinois's Most Infamous Crimes
Nameless Indignities: Unraveling the Mystery of One of Illinois's Most Infamous Crimes 3.88 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Taste Of Metal
The Taste Of Metal
by: Joe Hnida
3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Acid Diary
The Acid Diary 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Addiction: The Master Keys to Recovery
Addiction: The Master Keys to Recovery 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Girl Behind the Painted Smile: My battle with the bottle
The Girl Behind the Painted Smile: My battle with the bottle 3.76 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
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A Dog's Tail: Alice's hindsight of alcohol abuse in her family
A Dog's Tail: Alice's hindsight of alcohol abuse in her family it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Opiate Addiction - How to detox from Opiates
Opiate Addiction - How to detox from Opiates 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Cursed is the Road to the American Dream
Cursed is the Road to the American Dream 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Astronomicon minorem - DMT, Cthulhu and You
Astronomicon minorem - DMT, Cthulhu and You 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black 3.72 avg rating — 204,764 ratings
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Candy
Candy 4.14 avg rating — 7,814 ratings
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What's Left of Us
What's Left of Us 3.90 avg rating — 547 ratings
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Before You Break
Before You Break 4.02 avg rating — 235 ratings
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Something in the Way
Something in the Way really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath 3.99 avg rating — 6,697 ratings
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Faces of Addiction
Faces of Addiction 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Such Unfortunates
Such Unfortunates 3.46 avg rating — 141 ratings
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The Recovery Conscious Mind
The Recovery Conscious Mind it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Eagles in the Dust: Alcohol and Other Chemical Pastimes
Eagles in the Dust: Alcohol and Other Chemical Pastimes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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A Prayer for Orion: A Son's Addiction and a Mother's Love
A Prayer for Orion: A Son's Addiction and a Mother's Love 4.26 avg rating — 131 ratings
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End of the Rainbow
End of the Rainbow 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Right Rehab: A Guide to Addiction and Mental Illness Recovery When Crisis Hits Your Family
The Right Rehab: A Guide to Addiction and Mental Illness Recovery When Crisis Hits Your Family 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Off Center: A Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, and Redemption in Professional Football
Off Center: A Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, and Redemption in Professional Football 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
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From AAA to XXX: A Dictionary/Commentary on Porn and Porn
From AAA to XXX: A Dictionary/Commentary on Porn and Porn it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Goodbye to Lovely: The harrowing true story of a woman’s struggle with urban poverty, domestic violence and addiction
Goodbye to Lovely: The harrowing true story of a woman’s struggle with urban poverty, domestic violence and addiction 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Me, Myself & My Amygdala: A Mindfulness Guide to Sobriety & Well-Being
Me, Myself & My Amygdala: A Mindfulness Guide to Sobriety & Well-Being it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Hands that Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist
The Hands that Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist 4.48 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Addiction: What's Really Going On? Inside a Heroin Treatment Program
Addiction: What's Really Going On? Inside a Heroin Treatment Program 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings
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No Room to Live: A Journey from Addiction to Recovery
No Room to Live: A Journey from Addiction to Recovery 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir
Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 4,842 ratings
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Chasing the Star Garden (The Airship Racing Chronicles, #1)
Chasing the Star Garden (The Airship Racing Chronicles, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 919 ratings
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No More Letting Go: The Spirituality of Taking Action Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
No More Letting Go: The Spirituality of Taking Action Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
by: Debra Jay
4.35 avg rating — 95 ratings
71.
The Fuck-Up
The Fuck-Up 3.59 avg rating — 11,685 ratings
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Hero of the Underground: A Memoir
Hero of the Underground: A Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 620 ratings
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The Sorrows of Gin
The Sorrows of Gin 4.07 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Collecting Dreams
Collecting Dreams 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Asylum
Asylum 3.82 avg rating — 368 ratings
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Goodbye to Lovely
Goodbye to Lovely really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Counselor: Tricks for Blossoming from Good to Great (Manage My Emotion Series)
Counselor: Tricks for Blossoming from Good to Great (Manage My Emotion Series) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery: Twenty True Stories from the Soul
Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery: Twenty True Stories from the Soul 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Cherry
Cherry 3.48 avg rating — 20,989 ratings
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Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions 3.94 avg rating — 12,418 ratings
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Dream Catcher
Dream Catcher 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction
Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction 4.05 avg rating — 8,379 ratings
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Rewriting Life Scripts: Transformational Recovery for Families of Addicts
Rewriting Life Scripts: Transformational Recovery for Families of Addicts 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,659 ratings
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The Sitting Swing: Finding Wisdom to Know the Difference
The Sitting Swing: Finding Wisdom to Know the Difference 4.50 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Ninety Days: A Memoir of Recovery
Ninety Days: A Memoir of Recovery 3.92 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
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Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism & Drug Addiction (A Hazelden Guidebook)
Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism & Drug Addiction (A Hazelden Guidebook)
by: Jeff Jay
4.24 avg rating — 213 ratings
90.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,637 ratings