Recovery Memoirs

fiction books

Want to read an inspiring memoir on addiction and recovery? Here are my favorites.

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The Only Life I Could Save

by Katherine Ketcham

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Meth Addiction

By David Sheff

Print | eBook | Audiobook

A Very Fine House:  A Mother’s Story of Love, Faith, and Crystal Meth

by Barbara Cofer Stoefen

Print | eBook

The Lost Years: Surviving A Mother and Daughter’s Worse Nightmare

By Kristina Wandzalick

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Stay Close: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction

By Libby Cataldi

Print | eBook

Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines

By Nic Sheff

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction

By Elizabeth Vargas

Print | eBook | Audiobook

If You Love Me: A Mother’s Journey Through Her Daughter’s Opioid Addiction

By Maureen Cavanagh

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Saving Jake: When Addiction Hits Home

By D’Anne Burwell

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Unhooked: A Mother’s Story of Unhitching From the Roller Coaster of Her Son’s Addiction

By Annie Highwater

Print | eBook | Audiobook

Unchained: Our Family’s Addiction Mess Is Our Message

By Nancy McCann Vericker and JP Vericker

Print | eBook


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