Ballad of a Sober Man: An ER Doctor's Journey of Recovery
By: J.D. Remy
4.09
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
2020 Best Memoir Award, BIBAA successful emergency physician full of narcissism and ego wakes up in…
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1. Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
By: Russell Brand
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, fo… read more
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"The condition in extreme is identifiable but the less obvious version of addiction is still painful and arguably worse because we simply adapt to living in pain."-Russell Brand, Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
"The reason I continue to is because they have awakened me to the impossibility of happiness based on my previous world view: that I am the centre of the world and that what I want is important."-Russell Brand, Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
"The feeling you have that 'there's something else' is real. What happens when you don't follow the compulsion? What is on the other side of my need [...]? The only way to find out is to not do it, an…"-Russell Brand, Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
"The instinct that drives compulsion is universal. It is an attempt to solve the problem of disconnection, alienation, tepid despair... the problem is ultimately 'being human' in an environment that i…"-Russell Brand, Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions
2. The Tennis Partner
By: Abraham Verghese
3.44
Format: 213 pages,
An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed New Y… read more
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3. Confessions of a Surgeon: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated...Life Behind the O.R. Doors
By: Paul A. Ruggieri
4.00
Format: 256 pages,
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4. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
By: James D. Bradley
3.86
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
The classic New York Timesbestselling story of heroism and sacrifice--by the author of Flags of Our… read more
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5. 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
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"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
6. 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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7. Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book
By: Jomny Sun
4.00
Format: 212 pages, ebook
The illustrated story of a lonely alien sent to observe Earth, where he meets all sorts of creature… read more
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8. Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard re… read more
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9. Running From The Mirror
By: Howard Shulman
4.45
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Just three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that devoured his nose, l… read more
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"Perhaps my story was never about my face but about the journey to arrive at a place of grace, which was far better than anything I could ever have imagined."-Howard Shulman, Running From The Mirror
10. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West
By: Marty Ohlhaut
4.41
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more
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"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West
"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West
11. Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
By: Rich Roll
4.02
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover for this edition can be found here. Finding Ultra is an incredible but true a… read more
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"I loved the pain, and the pain loved me back."-Rich Roll, Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
12. This Funny Life: A Novel
By: Amy Fillion
4.25
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
“We never know, do we? We never know how many days we’ll be given or how we’ll go. There are no gua… read more
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13. Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the latest book in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell… read more
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14. 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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15. 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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16. We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
By: Laura McKowen
4.33
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
"A masterpiece. The truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I’ve read. It’s goin… read more
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"Maybe it’s helpful to linger there for a minute, in the terrible and the necessary. To start to see them as the same. Maybe in this way, pain is not such a problem"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
"The typical question is, Is this bad enough for me to have to change? The question we should be asking is, Is this good enough for me to stay the same? And the real question underneath it all is, Am …"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
"The truest story - the one that will always be truest - is that I am a human being, being human. Sometimes, I am my best self. Sometimes, not so much. But goddamn, I am trying to do better. I am alwa…"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
"Lying and withholding is the cheapest, easiest way to control others. You control their perception, control their response to you, control who you need them to be, In telling the truth, I was surrend…"-Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
17. 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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18. The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
By: Catherine Gray
4.33
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
Ever sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? Think there's 'no point'… read more
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"I'm free from all of that "where's the next drink coming from?" stress. At one point I mislay my water. So what? If that had been wine, I would have been crushed, and annoyed for the next hour. I pro…"-Catherine Gray, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
"He gave me so many anti-anxiety techniques. Reciting the alphabet backwards if I'm walking to a boozy party and feel my heart start to jackhammer. Tapping along to a song, which does something fancy …"-Catherine Gray, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
19. Alcohol Lied to Me: The Intelligent Way to Escape Alcohol Addiction
By: Craig Beck
4.06
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
Craig Beck is a well-regarded family man with two children, a beautiful home, and a successful medi… read more
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20. 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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21. 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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22. The Woman in the Woods
By: J.A. Baker
3.88
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
I am safe here, in my cottage in the woods where no one knows me or my real name. All is peaceful a… read more
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23. Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health
By: David J. Nutt
4.04
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO ALCOHOL AND YOUR HEALTH As the most harmful drug in the UK, alcohol has a p… read more
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24. The Third Son
By: S.E. Green
4.46
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
All he wants is a loving family to belong to, to manipulate, to control. . . . Architect Carter … read more
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25. Jumping from Helicopters: A Vietnam Memoir
By: John Stillman
4.43
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1967, at age nineteen, John Stillman—refusing to wait for the draft—voluntarily enlisted in the … read more
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26. Dancing with the Sun
By: Kay Bratt
4.22
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of Wish Me Home comes a heart-racing tale of resilience and hope. Wh… read more
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27. Last Call: A Memoir
By: Nancy L. Carr
3.94
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
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28. The Day I Woke Up Dead: A Couple's Struggle Through Addiction
By: Susie McColl
4.08
Format: 118 pages, Kindle Edition
To the world, the husband and wife team, Chris & Susie McColl, are always making others laugh and a… read more
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29. Lost in Lombardy (Inspired by a True Story)
By: Lorna Neligan
4.41
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
He shattered her dreams. But not her spirit. It’s 1990. With a leap of faith and three bulging suit… read more
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30. Somebody Knows
By: Pamela Ungashick
4.62
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
Audrey Mae Scott has felt the sting of her mother’s whipping stick far too many times. Unlike her l… read more
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31. Ballad of a Sober Man: An ER Doctor's Journey of Recovery
By: J.D. Remy
4.09
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
2020 Best Memoir Award, BIBAA successful emergency physician full of narcissism and ego wakes up in… read more
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