Alcoholism

Alcoholism cuts through every layer of human life — from the smoky bars and fractured families to the quiet moments of reckoning that define a person's story. Books in this section explore the raw reality of addiction and recovery, whether through deeply personal memoirs, intimate character-driven narratives, or practical guides for reclaiming a life beyond the bottle.

Alcoholism ملخصات الكتب

The Bright Years

بقلم سارة داموف

A painter drowns his father's violence in drink. His daughter discovers what survives the wreckage.

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🏠 Multigenerational Saga 💔 Addiction And Recovery 💕 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👤 Estranged Father

تجربة غامرة

The Bright Years

A painter drowns his father's violence in drink. His daughter discovers what survives the wreckage.

بقلم سارة داموف 2025 288 صفحة

4.23

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🏠 Multigenerational Saga 💔 Addiction And Recovery 💕 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👤 Estranged Father

مدمنة عليك

بقلم كريستا ريتشي • 2013

A fake romance hides her sex addiction and his alcoholism, but their lies are destroying them.

3.70

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🎭 Fake Relationship 🩷 Friends To Lovers 💔 Codependent Love 🖤 Gritty Romance 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

مدمنة عليك

A fake romance hides her sex addiction and his alcoholism, but their lies are destroying them.

بقلم كريستا ريتشي 2013 335 صفحة

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🎭 Fake Relationship 🩷 Friends To Lovers 💔 Codependent Love 🖤 Gritty Romance 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

شاغي بين

بقلم دوغلاس ستيوارت • 2020

For young Shuggie Bain, saving his glamorous, alcoholic mother is the only life he knows.

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📖 Social Realism 🧒 Parentified Child 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond 🏚️ Gritty Realism

شاغي بين

For young Shuggie Bain, saving his glamorous, alcoholic mother is the only life he knows.

بقلم دوغلاس ستيوارت 2020 430 صفحة

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📖 Social Realism 🧒 Parentified Child 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond 🏚️ Gritty Realism

Quit Like a Woman

بقلم Holly Whitaker • 2019

Recovery was built for men. Alcohol is the new tobacco. Here's how women get free.

3.98

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🌱 Sobriety And Recovery ✊ Feminist Self-Help 🌿 Holistic Healing 🔄 Habit Change 🎯 Corporate Critique

Quit Like a Woman

Recovery was built for men. Alcohol is the new tobacco. Here's how women get free.

بقلم Holly Whitaker 2019 368 صفحة

3.98

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🌱 Sobriety And Recovery ✊ Feminist Self-Help 🌿 Holistic Healing 🔄 Habit Change 🎯 Corporate Critique

Angela's Ashes

بقلم Frank McCourt • 1996

Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.

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☘️ Irish Memoir 🍞 Extreme Poverty 🍺 Alcoholic Parent ⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🕯️ Childhood Loss

Angela's Ashes

Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.

بقلم Frank McCourt 1996 452 صفحة

4.15

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☘️ Irish Memoir 🍞 Extreme Poverty 🍺 Alcoholic Parent ⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🕯️ Childhood Loss

Lucky Man

بقلم Michael J. Fox • 2002

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

4.08

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🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs 📢 Disability Advocacy 💰 Medical Philanthropy

Lucky Man

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

بقلم Michael J. Fox 2002 272 صفحة

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🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs 📢 Disability Advocacy 💰 Medical Philanthropy

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps

بقلم Stephanie S. Covington • 1994

The Twelve Steps, reimagined through women's experience of trauma, relationships, and identity.

4.45

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🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 👩 Female Addiction Issues 🩹 Addiction And Trauma 🕊️ Spiritual Recovery 🧘 Emotional Sobriety

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps

The Twelve Steps, reimagined through women's experience of trauma, relationships, and identity.

بقلم Stephanie S. Covington 1994 264 صفحة

4.45

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🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 👩 Female Addiction Issues 🩹 Addiction And Trauma 🕊️ Spiritual Recovery 🧘 Emotional Sobriety

بيان الإدمان

بقلم جيري ويفر • 2021

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

4.72

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🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

بيان الإدمان

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

بقلم جيري ويفر 2021 178 صفحة

4.72

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🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

المحامي المدمن

بقلم براين كوبان • 2017

Brian Cuban practiced law by day and fed his addiction by night. The collapse took years.

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🏛️ Legal Profession 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🎭 Functional Addiction 🧠 Dual Diagnosis ⚖️ Attorney Wellness

المحامي المدمن

Brian Cuban practiced law by day and fed his addiction by night. The collapse took years.

بقلم براين كوبان 2017 272 صفحة

3.87

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🏛️ Legal Profession 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🎭 Functional Addiction 🧠 Dual Diagnosis ⚖️ Attorney Wellness

Colton Gentry's Third Act

بقلم Jeff Zentner • 2024

One drunken rant ends his career. A Kentucky kitchen and an old love offer redemption.

4.12

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🫶 Second Chance Romance 🌾 Small Town Southern 🎸 Musician Protagonist 🍳 Kitchen Redemption 🖤 Grief And Healing

Colton Gentry's Third Act

One drunken rant ends his career. A Kentucky kitchen and an old love offer redemption.

بقلم Jeff Zentner 2024 400 صفحة

4.12

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🫶 Second Chance Romance 🌾 Small Town Southern 🎸 Musician Protagonist 🍳 Kitchen Redemption 🖤 Grief And Healing

After All

بقلم Mary Tyler Moore • 1995

America loved Mary Richards. Only her family knew she was drinking herself to death.

3.81

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📺 Classic Television 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Alcoholism Recovery 💎 Perfectionism 🖤 Grief And Loss

After All

America loved Mary Richards. Only her family knew she was drinking herself to death.

بقلم Mary Tyler Moore 1995 432 صفحة

3.81

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📺 Classic Television 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Alcoholism Recovery 💎 Perfectionism 🖤 Grief And Loss

Big Sur

بقلم Jack Kerouac • 1962

A writer escapes his celebrity to a Big Sur cabin, where solitude unravels into madness.

3.83

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🥁 Beat Generation 📖 Autofiction 🎨 Tortured Artist 🍺 Alcoholic Spiral 🪤 Fame As Trap

Big Sur

A writer escapes his celebrity to a Big Sur cabin, where solitude unravels into madness.

بقلم Jack Kerouac 1962 256 صفحة

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🥁 Beat Generation 📖 Autofiction 🎨 Tortured Artist 🍺 Alcoholic Spiral 🪤 Fame As Trap

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