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You were never weak. You were conned. Nicotine never gave you anything. It installed an itch, sold you relief from that itch, and called the relief pleasure. That is the Nicotine Trick. Dr. Peter F Kruger knew the science. He also spent nearly thirty years caught in the same cycle of cigarettes, vaping, quitting, and returning. Information was not enough. Willpower was not the answer. The real obstacle was the story nicotine had taught him to believe.

Why do people return to what they know is harming them? Because addiction is rarely just about pleasure. More often, it is about relief. In Counterfeit Fulfillment, physician-scientist Christopher Voss, MD presents a powerful new framework for understanding addiction: not as moral failure or weak will, but as a learned attempt to meet a real human need—peace, belonging, numbness, control, escape, comfort—through a substitute that works fast but never truly satisfies.

A Comprehensive Guide to Overcoming Substance and Behavioral Addictions, Healing Sexual Abuse, Compulsive Overeating, and Thriving Beyond. Dr. Sprouse expands upon the Doctor's Opinion in the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book giving new insight and understanding of the three-fold nature of addiction. She unveils a unique Model of Addiction, meticulously explaining addiction physiology and the challenges in achieving and maintaining abstinence. The book encapsulates the author's profound medical knowledge and extensive 53-year experience with the 12-Step program.

The first mainstream guide to recovery coaching—revealing the missing link between treatment and lasting sobriety, stronger connections, and holistic change. For millions of people questioning their relationship with alcohol or substances—and for loved ones who want to support...

Be happier, healthier and more productive by taking a break from booze! An illustrated day-by-day guide packed with inspiration and practical help, The 28 Day Alcohol-Free Challenge is the only book you need to reset your drinking habits and discover a hangover-free world of quality time to...

Could happiness lie in helping others and being open to accepting help yourself? Mentors - the follow up to Sunday Times number one bestseller, Recovery - describes the benefits of seeking and offering help. 'I have mentors in every area of my life, as a comic, a dad, a recovering drug addict, a...

This is the age of addiction, a condition so epidemic, so all encompassing and ubiquitous that unless you are fortunate enough to be an extreme case, you probably don't know that you have it. What unhealthy habits and attachments are holding your life together? Are you unconsciously dependent on...

An electric and unforgettable memoir about a young woman's journey—from the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroom—emerging with a fierce determination to expose the broken system she experienced. An elite, competitive figure skater growing up, Keri Blakinger poured...

At the age of 15, Cat Marnell unknowingly set out to murder her life. After a privileged yet emotionally-starved childhood in Washington, she became hooked on ADHD medication. This led to a dependence on Xanax at boarding school, and she experimented with cocaine, ecstasy - whatever came her way. By 26 her life had become a twisted merry-go-round of parties and pills at night and trying to hold down a high-profile job at Condé Nast during the day.

It's such a savage thing to lose your memory, but the crazy thing is it doesn't hurt one bit. A blackout doesn't sting or stab or leave a scar when it robs you. Close your eyes and open them again. That's what a blackout feels like. For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was 'the gasoline of all adventure'. She spent her evenings at cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last call. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong, enlightened 21st-century woman.

An unflinching and compassionate exploration of addiction, healing, and renewal through Zen practice and Twelve-Step recovery. This deeply personal story of struggle, transformation, and spiritual awakening draws on author Peter Kuhn's decades of lived experience in recovery, the timeless wisdom of the Buddha, and the guiding principles of the Twelve-Step tradition. Engaging, brutally honest, and vividly told, Kuhn's stories show how addiction can be understood, navigated, and transformed with practical tools for living with integrity, presence, and an open heart.

In addiction there are moments when change does not begin with action, but with recognition. A quiet realization emerges that something within your life has gradually shifted beyond your control. Patterns once dismissed as temporary, manageable, or harmless begin to reveal a deeper influence over your thinking, emotions, decisions, and daily functioning. The First Mirror is not a book about judgment, shame, or dramatic promises of transformation.

In addition, awareness alone does not create change. Eventually, recognition must become action. In Confronting the Truth Within, the journey moves beyond acknowledgment into the far more difficult process of interruption, restructuring, and sustained behavioral change. This book explores what happens after denial begins to weaken and the reality of addiction can no longer be ignored. Rather than offering simplistic solutions or emotionally charged promises, this book presents recovery as a gradual process of rebuilding structure, emotional regulation, self-trust, and internal stability.

Do you have a secret? What if that secret could kill you? A beloved community college professor, Paige Huskey adored working with her students. But outside the classroom, she had a dark secret that was controlling her life, a secret that would eventually kill her if she didn’t get help. What had started as a friendly game of poker in 2009 led Paige down what she describes as “a dark, twisting, lard-greased tunnel slide with nowhere else to go but down.”

It's not that you don't want to stop. It's that the part of you that wants to stop can't reach the part of you that keeps pouring. You're not what people picture when they hear the word "alcoholic." You hold your job together, show up for the people you love, function. But there's a private loop running underneath all of it — the promise to cut back, the third drink you said you wouldn't have, the version of yourself you keep meaning to become.

This journal is for the days you don’t want to be here—but you’re still here anyway. The 25-Day Suicide Prevention Journal is a guided, gentle companion for anyone navigating suicidal thoughts, emotional exhaustion, or the quiet question of “Why should I stay?” This is not a blank notebook. And it’s not motivational fluff.

You've quit before. Maybe more than once. This time, the part of your brain that actually runs the habit gets addressed—while you sleep. Willpower was never the missing piece. The urge to smoke doesn't live in the part of your mind that reads self-help books and makes resolutions—it lives deeper, in automatic circuitry built by years of repetition, which is exactly why reasoning your way out of it keeps not working, no matter how badly you want it to.

A former addict's extraordinary journey from deception and despair to faith, purpose, and courage on the front lines of America's most dangerous stories. Ben Bergquam should have lost everything. Addicted to crack cocaine, trapped in lies, and slowly destroying his marriage, he was living a double life that seemed destined to end in disaster. By day he was a husband, father, and businessman. By night he became "Nick"—a man consumed by addiction, secrecy, and self-destruction. Then everything collapsed.

Addiction rarely affects only one person. It reshapes entire families. While the individual struggling fights cravings, shame, and the loss of self-trust, spouses, parents, children, and siblings often battle fear, uncertainty, and emotional exhaustion. The Bridge Between Us offers a compassionate, evidence-informed guide that helps both sides understand the same addiction from different perspectives. Rather than assigning blame or offering simplistic solutions, this book explores how addiction changes identity, relationships, communication, trust, and hope.

The drinking stopped. The drug use ended. But the anxiety, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, guilt, unhealthy relationships, and family dysfunction remained. Millions of adults grew up in homes affected by alcoholism, drug addiction, emotional immaturity, narcissism, chronic conflict, or other...