12 must-read memoir books like On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction by Rick Van Warner

Cover of On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction by Rick Van Warner

On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction

By: Rick Van Warner

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

When Rick Van Warner found himself searching abandoned buildings and dangerous streets looking for …

If you liked the memoir plot in On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction by Rick Van Warner , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family by Mariel Hemingway, Ben Greenman

1. Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family

By: Mariel Hemingway , Ben Greenman

3.44

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suic… read more

Similar categories in Mariel Hemingway's Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family book and Rick Van Warner's On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"…there is rarely any rhyme or reason in suicides. They can be a cry for help gone wrong, or a punishment to those you’re leaving behind, or one fateful twenty-minute window when you lose your bearing…"

-Mariel Hemingway, Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family

Cover of Sometimes Amazing Things Happen: Heartbreak and Hope on the Bellevue Hospital Psychiatric Prison Ward by Elizabeth Ford

2. Sometimes Amazing Things Happen: Heartbreak and Hope on the Bellevue Hospital Psychiatric Prison Ward

By: Elizabeth Ford

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the Executive Director of Mental Health for Correctional Services in New York City, comes a re… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook

3. The Bitter Taste of Dying: A Memoir

By: Jason Smith

3.96

Format: 425 pages,

In his first book, author Jason Smith explores the depravity and desperation required to maintain a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook

4. No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge

By: Irene Pence

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

The horrifying true story of an abusive husband who committed the ultimate act of violence and betr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. If You Find Me

By: Emily Murdoch

4.00

Format: 10 pages,

There are some things you can't leave behind... A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national fore… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child by Thich Nhat Hanh

6. Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

An exciting contribution to the growing trend of applying Buddhist practices to encourage wellness … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin

7. Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases

By: Cory Franklin

3.57

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

An inside look at one of the nation's most famous public hospitals, Cook County, as seen through th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook

8. The Polygamist's Daughter

By: Leslie Wilson , Anna LeBaron

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

"My father had more than fifty children." So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter o… read more

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9. Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir

By: Lisa F. Smith

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Lisa Smith was a bright young lawyer at a prestigious law firm in NYC when alcoholism and drug addi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook

10. The Plane That Wasn't There: Why We Haven't Found Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

By: Jeff Wise

3.58

Format: 376 pages,

The definitive investigation into the greatest aviation mystery in history, with a startling hypoth… read more

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11. Three Little Words: A Memoir

By: Ashley Rhodes-Courter

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Sunshine, you're my baby and I'm your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but s… read more

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12. Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption

By: Beth Clark , Katie Davis

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

What would cause an eighteen-year-old old senior class president and homecoming queen from Nashvill… read more

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13. My Dyslexia

By: Philip Schultz

4.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An inspiring memoir of a Pulitzer Prize winner's triumph over disability. Despite winning the Pulit… read more

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Cover of On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction by Rick Van Warner

14. On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction

By: Rick Van Warner

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

When Rick Van Warner found himself searching abandoned buildings and dangerous streets looking for … read more

Similar categories in Rick Van Warner's On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction book and Rick Van Warner's On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Grace: A True Story by Debra Moerke

15. Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Grace: A True Story

By: Debra Moerke

4.40

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

When Debra Moerke and her husband decided to become foster parents, they never imagined how their l… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Addicted to Perfect: A Journey Out of the Grips of Adderall by Vitale Buford

16. Addicted to Perfect: A Journey Out of the Grips of Adderall

By: Vitale Buford

3.69

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Perfection is a mask we use to avoid pain. We think that if we can achieve perfection, we will achi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Everything/Nothing/Someone by Alice Carrière

17. Everything/Nothing/Someone

By: Alice Carrière

4.02

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A powerful literary debut that tells of a young woman’s coming-of-age in the bohemian ’90s, as her … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Negative Space (SFWP Literary Awards) by Lilly Dancyger

18. Negative Space (SFWP Literary Awards)

By: Lilly Dancyger

4.23

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

"Dancyger crafts a striking composition out of found objects, a poignant portrait of the identities… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Cracked . . . Not Broken by Kristin Tierney

19. Cracked . . . Not Broken

By: Kristin Tierney

4.23

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

The morning Kristin Tierney awoke and found herself lying on a dirty mattress on the floor of a Por… read more

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20. Long Way Home

By: Cameron Douglas

3.96

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the scion of Hollywood royalty--son of Michael Douglas, grandson of Kirk Douglas--a moving, of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Living Full: Winning My Battle With Eating Disorders by Danielle Sherman-Lazar

21. Living Full: Winning My Battle With Eating Disorders

By: Danielle Sherman-Lazar

3.75

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

A survivor takes those struggling with anorexia and/or bulimia on "a passionate, heartbreaking to h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook

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