Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
By: Erica C. Barnett
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Erica C. Barnett had her first sip of alcohol when she was thirteen, and she quickly developed a ta…
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1. My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean
By: Amy Dresner
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Blackout and Permanent Midnight , a darkly funny and revealing debut memoir of … read more
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2. Dry
By: Augusten Burroughs
4.03
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on … read more
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"I was drunk from the attention"-Augusten Burroughs, Dry
"His laugh is made of porch swings and lemonade."-Augusten Burroughs, Dry
"It's amazing how drunk you can be without alcohol."-Augusten Burroughs, Dry
"When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all."-Augusten Burroughs, Dry
3. Drinking: A Love Story
By: Caroline Knapp
4.09
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
The roots of alcoholism in the life of a brilliant daughter of an upper-class family are explored i… read more
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"When you quit drinking you stop waiting."-Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story
"That was my favorite line: I'll drink less when things get better."-Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story
"The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind."-Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story
"To a drinker the sensation is real and pure and akin to something spiritual: you seek; in the bottle, you find."-Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story
4. Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
By: Sarah Hepola
4.03
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure" for Sarah Hepola. She spent her evenings at cocktail pa… read more
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"I understood drinking to be the gasoline of all adventure."-Sarah Hepola, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
"That is true strength. To want what you have, and not what someone else is holding."-Sarah Hepola, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
"Moving a pile of bricks from one side of the room to the other requires strength. Time, discipline, patience."-Sarah Hepola, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
"I had two speeds, which often varied with my blood alcohol level: fine with whatever, and never, ever satisfied. Where was the balance between these two?"-Sarah Hepola, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
5. 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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6. Drunk Mom
By: Jowita Bydlowska
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Three years after giving up drink, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagn… read more
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"There's this parallel, perhaps less conscious desire, which is to numb myself to the world. To deal with the world tomorrow. Living is difficult. Dying is difficult."-Jowita Bydlowska, Drunk Mom
"It was too much happiness. Happiness puts you at too much risk - what if you were to lose it? Too much happiness is a paradox. It's a tragedy, even: getting something you've always wanted but being u…"-Jowita Bydlowska, Drunk Mom
7. Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction
By: Elizabeth Vargas
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Beloved former ABC 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas share the truth about her alcohol addiction and … read more
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8. Stash: My Life in Hiding
By: Laura Cathcart Robbins
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive and vivid memoir—in the vein of Drinking: A Love Story and Somebody’s Daughter—about t… read more
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9. The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery
By: David Poses
4.23
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
While his wife and two-year-old daughter watched TV in the living room, David Poses was in the kitc… read more
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"From the beginning of high school, all other substances were readily available and liberally consumed by my friends, who used weed and booze like an essential garnish for activities. Peer pressure wa…"-David Poses, The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery
"I didn’t want to be sad, but I didn’t know why I was sad or how not to be sad or how to talk about it. I was broken. I felt broken. My body ached. My stomach hurt. I couldn’t sleep. Nothing was pleas…"-David Poses, The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery
10. Glorious Rock Bottom
By: Bryony Gordon
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In Glorious Rock Bottom Bryony opens up about a toxic twenty-year relationship with alcohol and dru… read more
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11. Drinking Games
By: Sarah Levy
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir and part social critique, Drinking Games is about how one woman drank and lived — until… read more
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12. Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
By: Holly Whitaker
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The founder of a female-focused recovery program offers a radical new path to sobriety. “You don… read more
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"OK,"-Holly Whitaker, Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
"Alcohol is the only drug in the world where, when you stop taking it, you are seen as having a disease."-Holly Whitaker, Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
"...we've reached a tipping point--more [women] are aware of the terms of our own oppression and of our complicity in the oppression of others."-Holly Whitaker, Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
"Americans aren't stupid. We are, however, preternaturally disposed to herd behavior (FOMO), with a strong desire to preserve a sense of individuality and maintain control over our decision making. We…"-Holly Whitaker, Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
13. Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
By: Erica C. Barnett
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Erica C. Barnett had her first sip of alcohol when she was thirteen, and she quickly developed a ta… read more
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14. Sober Curious: The Blissful Sleep, Greater Focus, Limitless Presence, and Deep Connection Awaiting Us All on the Other Side of Alcohol
By: Ruby Warrington
3.61
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Would life be better without alcohol? It’s the nagging question more and more of us are finding … read more
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15. The Sober Diaries: How one woman stopped drinking and started living.
By: Clare Pooley
4.37
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
BY THE AUTHOR OF NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE AUTHENTICITY PROJECT, THE BRAVE AND FUNNY MEMOIR THA… read more
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16. Push Off from Here: Nine Essential Truths to Get You Through Sobriety (and Everything Else)
By: Laura McKowen
4.53
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of We Are the Luckiest and founder of the international recovery commun… read more
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17. Sober On A Drunk Planet: Giving Up Alcohol (Quit lit, #1)
By: Sean Alexander
3.97
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
The Unexpected Shortcut to Finding Happiness, Health and Financial Freedom What are the most min… read more
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- health
18. The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free
By: Amanda Eyre Ward
3.74
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A sober hedonist's guide to living a decadent, wild, and soulful life--alcohol-free. In a culture … read more
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19. Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol
By: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay , a hilariously candid and refreshingly honest… read more
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20. Nothing Good Can Come from This
By: Kristi Coulter
3.95
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
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"Can you ask the bartender to make me something nonalcoholic that isn't sweet?'... What he got was a coupe glass filled with something that tasted a little like tea, a little like soda, and a lot like…"-Kristi Coulter, Nothing Good Can Come from This
"Yes, he had a temper that left at least one hole in our walls before he went to therapy and got a handle on it. But he treated me like a superhero princess and was also warm, responsible, hilarious, …"-Kristi Coulter, Nothing Good Can Come from This
"This is why I drank, you know. Because I wanted every day to be like that. I wanted every day to feel like a movie montage, or at least to end in an epiphany, or at least to have a clear narrative ar…"-Kristi Coulter, Nothing Good Can Come from This
"Because I just don't really care about what the liquid in my glass says about me anymore. I'd like to tell you it's because sobriety cured my need for specialness. I'd like to tell you I invented the…"-Kristi Coulter, Nothing Good Can Come from This
21. Surviving Hell: A Personal Story of One Woman’s Journey to Overcome Alcoholism
By: Sheree Coleman
4.10
Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition
“I have never read a more heartfelt account of a woman's battle with alcohol and its devastation.” … read more
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