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This book chronicles the author’s struggles with addiction and denial and the impact on their life and relationships. Through candid storytelling and reflection, they share the highs and lows of their recovery journey, offering valuable advice on overcoming addiction based on their complicated experience and journey through it. Find the acceptance, courage, and strength to discover your path to triumph over your battle with addiction by taking inspiration from R.J. Boots’ story.

Sober Stick Figure is a memoir from stand-up comedian Amber Tozer, chronicling her life as an alcoholic - starting with her first drink at the age of seven - and her eventual recovery. Amber writes about the crazy and harsh truths of being raised by alcoholics, becoming one herself, stagnating in denial for years, and finally getting sober.

Successful entrepreneur, investor, and mental health advocate Dominic McGregor, now seven years sober, explains how changing your relationship with alcohol can transform every aspect of your life. In the book, you'll explore the role alcohol plays in our society and how dangerous it can be when mixed with poor emotional well-being and challenges in life. You'll also discover the advantages of questioning your relationship with alcohol, whether sobriety or moderating alcohol can lead to success, and how, if unmanaged, alcohol can take over your life.

For twenty years, Joshua Deen built his life around alcohol. As a Los Angeles musician and self-described professional drinker, the party never really stopped until the consequences caught up. Strained relationships. Empty mornings. A life quietly revolving around the next drink. Last Call, Stupid is a painfully funny, uncomfortably honest memoir about alcohol addiction, denial, and what it actually takes to quit drinking — without rehab, without a 12-step program, and without calling yourself powerless.

Sandy Beach of Washington DC. June 1976 at Palm Desert Roundup. Drop the Rock talk. Prefaced with Sandy Beach reading How it Works. Sandy Beach and the classic Drop the Rock talk. A very good AA talk that has been popular for decades. This talk was given at the same Roundup as Chuck Chamberlains New Pair of Glasses. This is a really good AA talk.

Are you done with alcohol? Have you tried and failed to quit? Do you wonder what life would be like without it? Will you live up to your potential if you keep drinking? These are the questions I asked myself too. There is a way out.

Alcohol is the strangest drug on planet earth! It’s the only substance that when you develop a problem with it, they blame you and not the drug. Smokers are not branded life long "smokeaholics". Do you insist that any of your friends who have successfully quit smoking may only ever refer to themselves as "recovering smokeaholics"? No, of course not, because society understands that nicotine is highly addictive and big tobacco companies are devious and narcissistic in their marketing.

The road to sobriety is hard, and I don't intend to sugarcoat any part of it for you. In this book, I will take it back to the beginning. My life was that of a hardcore weekend binge drinker, one blackout night after another. I welcome you into my rock-bottom moments, my losing all control, and my putting my life back together, piece by piece.

Elephant Mountain is the gripping tale of Debbie Ethell, a young woman whose fascination with an elephant skull in a bone museum leads her down an unexpected path. What begins as a curiosity about the tragic love story of Morgan Berry, the man who gave us Packy (the first baby elephant born in a U.S. zoo in forty-four years), and Eloise Berchtold, one of the world’s greatest animal trainers, soon becomes a chilling mystery.

Alcoholic to Alchemist program combines ancient wisdom, thought-provoking philosophy, and practical psychology in a way that educates, inspires, encourages, enlightens, empowers, and evokes an incredible shift in thinking. If you are struggling with alcohol and seek answers, then come and join the ever-growing number of people who have transformed their lives.

This interpretation of the 12 Steps offers a simple, practical, and highly effective method of working through the steps. I invite you to take this transcendent journey towards contented sobriety. There is no need to become concerned about using God as a higher power. All that is required is an agnostic-friendly sponsor. I offer a whole chapter about healthy sponsorship boundaries in AA. Despite being an agnostic, the twelve steps enabled me to begin having healthier relationships as a recovering alcoholic.

This is a very historic recording. First, Dr. Bob gives his last talk before his death later that year. Then Bill recounts his own story and the story of AA up till that time. In telling AA's story, he emphasizes the role of money and the dangers it presents. He describes the situations and events that gave rise to various AA traditions.

This could be the story of any man, his life driven and guided for half a century by his overwhelming desire for alcohol. This book relates a candid and informative account of an alcoholic’s life and where it leads. It also offers suggestions of reasons for alcoholism, the effects that alcohol has upon the brain, an examination of the law relating to mental capacity, and an ultimately heartfelt plea to anyone instrumental in changing the lives for such unfortunate individuals, to examine more closely the research available.

I Didn't Believe It Either is the raw, honest, vulnerable, and funny story of Todd's journey to quitting the one thing he thought he couldn't live without and his discovery that sobriety is better than he ever imagined.

Mary Pearl T Understanding and Applying the 12 Steps of Alanon features funny stories about becoming honest about harms done resisting, making amends, and then enjoying relief when you do. She talks about her gradual spiritual awakening as she grows in Alanon.

Are you ready to break free from the chains of alcoholism and embark on a life of sobriety, health, and happiness? In this transformative book, you will find the support, guidance, and practical strategies needed to overcome alcohol addiction and reclaim your life.

Great insights into the 12-step process, with depth and humor.

This is the most succinct and practical guide yet for those who want to incorporate meditation into their recovery work. Here he examines the traditional Twelve Step view of meditation before telling us about his own journey of discovery.

Can you go for periods of time without drinking but can't quite hit the booze on the head for good? Maree MacLean's book takes you beyond bingeing into a lasting happy sobriety. The No Bullshit Guide to Staying Sober challenges us to look at why once we've gained traction we fall off the wagon and start fucking up our own lives again.

From AA Grapevine, the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, 50-plus powerful stories by AA members about the many ways they pray and meditate in their daily lives. The perfect audiobook for people in recovery and/or those who want to explore prayer and meditation.