Hey whts that Russel Brand podcasts you like listening to?
Recovery Radio…or We Are Recovery…not sure it’s exact title. I’ll admit there are only 3 or 4 episodes with Russell…but they are gold.
He has another podcast that I do NOT like at all. Under the Skin. It’s not exclusively about recovery.
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I just ordered that! Thanks,
Another great book is, Blackout: Remembering The Things I Drank to Forget, by Sarah Hepola.
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There is a great interview on NPR with Sarah that is good to listen to.
I enjoyed: Drinking, A Love Story
Here are some of the recovery books that I found enlightening …
Last Call by Nancy Carr
The Sober Diaries
Parched by Heather King
Unwasted, My Lush Sobriety
Blackout, Remembering the things I drank to forget
My Fair Junkie by Amy Dresner
Hopeful Healing by Mackenzie Phillips
Sober Truths, The Making of an honest woman
Saturation by Jennifer Place
Girl Walks Out of a Bar by Lisa Smith
The Naked Mind by Annie Grace
A Happier Hour by Rebecca Weller
High on Arrival by Mackenzie Phillips
Under the Influence by Joyce Maynard
Ice and a Slice by Della Galton
Memoirs aren’t Fairytales
Don’t Take With Alcohol
Diary of an Alcoholic Housewife
12 Small Things by Allen Burger
On Writing by Stephen King
A Drinking Life, Pete Hamill
Dry, Augusten Burroughs
I think the Joyce Maynard one is a novel if I am remembering correctly. As an aside,her autobiography is quite interesting, At Home in the World. Her life is fascinating…tho not directly a recovery story.
The Stephen King book was very interesting, especially as I am a huge fan and born and raised in Maine.
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@SassyRocks thank you. This is an extensive list and should certainly help me as I’m early in sobering up. I’ve read a few of these and honestly plan to read them again.
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I have reread quite a few of them over the years. Glad you found the list helpful. I also read a lot of memoirs from musicians and/or their spouses…which often deal with substance abuse…
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Warren Zevon
The Dirt, Motley Crue
Long Time Gone, David Crosby (probably my 'favorite ’ in the genre, what an ass and what a mess)
It’s Only Rock n Roll, Jo Woods memoir about life with Ron
Dirty Rocker Boys, Bobbie Brown
Wonderful Tonight, Pattie Boyd
The Road Through Wonderland, Dawn Schiller (look it up…intense!! She is a survivor!!)
Beauty Disrupted, Carrie Otis
Thing of Beauty by Stephen Fried
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Just escaped a craving proud of myself … life is good 
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Just did a screen shot of that list. Thanks
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@SassyRocks THANK YOU! This has so many suggestions that I won’t run out of books to read! I am about to finish Codependency No More and I really need more. I want more geared towards addiction and recovery, and this list is perfect! Thanks again!!!
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You are welcome! I love to read and have found sober memoirs to be helpful in my recovery…hope you do as well!
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Bookmarked this s thread 
thanks
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@Marisim some reading about what’s going on can help.
This naked mind by Annie Grace helped me a ton.
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Life’s healing choices Is what I’m currently reading
I received some money for Christmas, so I bought these two sobriety/recovery books with it.
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Thank you for sharing, Roger. I think I’d like to read this one too 