🍺 Alcoholic Parents

Stories of growing up in the shadow of parental addiction, where children learn too early to navigate chaos, shame, and misplaced responsibility.

Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me

by Ian Morgan Cron • 2011

His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.

4.08

3k+

🍷 Alcoholic Parent 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma

Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me Summary

Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me 91%

His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.

by Ian Morgan Cron 2011

4.08

3k+ ratings

🍷 Alcoholic Parent 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma

The Glass Girl

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2024

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

4.29

21k+

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab

The Glass Girl 91%

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2024

4.29

21k+ ratings

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab

The Liars' Club

by Mary Karr • 1995

The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.

3.94

72k+

🏚️ Southern Memoir 🔧 Working Class Memoir 🧬 Generational Trauma

The Liars' Club 90%

The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.

by Mary Karr 1995

3.94

72k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Memoir 🔧 Working Class Memoir 🧬 Generational Trauma

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

by Nick Flynn • 2004

His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.

3.80

12k+

👤 Absent Fathers 🏚️ Homelessness In America 🍷 Addiction And Family

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Summary

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City 90%

His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.

by Nick Flynn 2004

3.80

12k+ ratings

👤 Absent Fathers 🏚️ Homelessness In America 🍷 Addiction And Family

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls • 2005

She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.

4.33

1.4M+

🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🍺 Alcoholic Parent 🚪 Escaping Poverty

The Glass Castle 90%

She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.

by Jeannette Walls 2005

4.33

1.4M+ ratings

🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🍺 Alcoholic Parent 🚪 Escaping Poverty

Angela's Ashes

by Frank McCourt • 1996

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

4.15

661k+

☘️ Irish Memoir 🍞 Extreme Poverty 🍺 Alcoholic Parent

Angela's Ashes 89%

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

by Frank McCourt 1996

4.15

661k+ ratings

☘️ Irish Memoir 🍞 Extreme Poverty 🍺 Alcoholic Parent

After All

by Mary Tyler Moore • 1995

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

3.81

1k+

📺 Classic Television 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Alcoholism Recovery

After All 89%

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

by Mary Tyler Moore 1995

3.81

1k+ ratings

📺 Classic Television 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Alcoholism Recovery

Hey, Kiddo

by Jarrett J. Krosoczka • 2018

His mother lost to heroin, his grandparents take him in. Drawing becomes his refuge.

4.15

35k+

🎨 Graphic Memoir ✍️ Cartoonist Memoir 💊 Parental Addiction

Hey, Kiddo 89%

His mother lost to heroin, his grandparents take him in. Drawing becomes his refuge.

by Jarrett J. Krosoczka 2018

4.15

35k+ ratings

🎨 Graphic Memoir ✍️ Cartoonist Memoir 💊 Parental Addiction

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

by Anonymous

An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.

2.69

511

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 📓 Confessional Narrative ☣️ Toxic Protagonist

Diary of an Oxygen Thief 89%

An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.

by Anonymous

2.69

511 ratings

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 📓 Confessional Narrative ☣️ Toxic Protagonist

The Women Behind the Door

by Roddy Doyle • 2024

A recovering alcoholic in pandemic Dublin opens her door to find her capable daughter falling apart.

3.47

2k+

🖤 Generational Trauma 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🍵 Recovering Alcoholic

The Women Behind the Door 89%

A recovering alcoholic in pandemic Dublin opens her door to find her capable daughter falling apart.

by Roddy Doyle 2024

3.47

2k+ ratings

🖤 Generational Trauma 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🍵 Recovering Alcoholic

Sober Curious

by Ruby Warrington • 2018

A guide to better sleep, sharper focus, and natural highs, without swearing off the party.

3.59

5k+

🍷 Alcohol Culture 🌫️ Gray Area Drinking 🧘 Mindful Drinking

Sober Curious 89%

A guide to better sleep, sharper focus, and natural highs, without swearing off the party.

by Ruby Warrington 2018

3.59

5k+ ratings

🍷 Alcohol Culture 🌫️ Gray Area Drinking 🧘 Mindful Drinking

Favourite Daughter

by Morgan Dick • 2025

A teacher's inheritance forces therapy, where her therapist is the half-sister she never knew.

3.58

9k+

👭 Estranged Sisters 🤫 Family Secrets 💰 Inheritance Drama

Favourite Daughter 89%

A teacher's inheritance forces therapy, where her therapist is the half-sister she never knew.

by Morgan Dick 2025

3.58

9k+ ratings

👭 Estranged Sisters 🤫 Family Secrets 💰 Inheritance Drama

The Sober Girl Society Handbook

by Millie Gooch • 2021

Sobriety as a gain, not a loss: practical strategies for parties, dating, and life without alcohol.

4.14

2k+

🚫 Quit Lit 🧃 Alcohol-Free Living 💬 Sober Socializing

The Sober Girl Society Handbook 89%

Sobriety as a gain, not a loss: practical strategies for parties, dating, and life without alcohol.

by Millie Gooch 2021

4.14

2k+ ratings

🚫 Quit Lit 🧃 Alcohol-Free Living 💬 Sober Socializing

Quit Like a Woman

by Holly Whitaker • 2019

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

3.98

31k+

🌱 Sobriety And Recovery ✊ Feminist Self-Help 🌿 Holistic Healing

Quit Like a Woman 88%

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

by Holly Whitaker 2019

3.98

31k+ ratings

🌱 Sobriety And Recovery ✊ Feminist Self-Help 🌿 Holistic Healing

Shuggie Bain

by Douglas Stuart • 2020

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

4.3

200k+

📖 Social Realism 🧒 Parentified Child 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Shuggie Bain 88%

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

by Douglas Stuart 2020

4.3

200k+ ratings

📖 Social Realism 🧒 Parentified Child 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Nobody Ever Told Me Anything

by Rachael "Steak" Finley • 2022

She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.

4.55

819

🏚️ Childhood Neglect 💊 Parental Addiction 📸 Toxic Fame

Nobody Ever Told Me Anything 88%

She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.

by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022

4.55

819 ratings

🏚️ Childhood Neglect 💊 Parental Addiction 📸 Toxic Fame

I Can Fix This

by Kristina Kuzmic • 2024

Dismantling the lies that keep parents stuck when a child is in crisis.

4.65

2k+

📉 Child Mental Health 👩‍👦 Parenting Memoir 😔 Parental Guilt

I Can Fix This 88%

Dismantling the lies that keep parents stuck when a child is in crisis.

by Kristina Kuzmic 2024

4.65

2k+ ratings

📉 Child Mental Health 👩‍👦 Parenting Memoir 😔 Parental Guilt

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

by Jessica Guerrieri • 2025

An artist mother drinks to quiet her other self, until her performance of perfect motherhood breaks.

3.88

6k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Summary

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 88%

An artist mother drinks to quiet her other self, until her performance of perfect motherhood breaks.

by Jessica Guerrieri 2025

3.88

6k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence

Beautiful Boy

by David Sheff • 2007

His golden son vanished into meth. A father's decade of love, lies, and letting go.

4.18

108k+

📖 Addiction Memoirs 👨👦 Father-Son Bonds 🔄 Relapse And Recovery

Beautiful Boy 88%

His golden son vanished into meth. A father's decade of love, lies, and letting go.

by David Sheff 2007

4.18

108k+ ratings

📖 Addiction Memoirs 👨👦 Father-Son Bonds 🔄 Relapse And Recovery

Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children

by Allison Bottke • 2008

Six faith-based steps to stop enabling your adult child, end the chaos, and reclaim your sanity.

4.16

748

🧑‍🧑‍🧒 Adult Children 🚧 Family Boundaries 🆘 Enabling Behaviors

Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children Summary

Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children 88%

Six faith-based steps to stop enabling your adult child, end the chaos, and reclaim your sanity.

by Allison Bottke 2008

4.16

748 ratings

🧑‍🧑‍🧒 Adult Children 🚧 Family Boundaries 🆘 Enabling Behaviors

Ham on Rye

by Charles Bukowski • 1982

His father rages, his skin erupts in boils; 1930s LA offers no escape except the library.

4.14

120k+

🏚️ Dirty Realism 📖 Autobiographical Fiction 🏠 Dysfunctional Family

Ham on Rye 88%

His father rages, his skin erupts in boils; 1930s LA offers no escape except the library.

by Charles Bukowski 1982

4.14

120k+ ratings

🏚️ Dirty Realism 📖 Autobiographical Fiction 🏠 Dysfunctional Family

Just Another Kid

by Torey L. Hayden • 1988

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

4.24

6k+

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism

Just Another Kid 88%

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

by Torey L. Hayden 1988

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism

Dead End Gene Pool

by Wendy Burden • 2010

110 rooms, a Vanderbilt name, and three generations who drank their way through the inheritance.

3.30

2k+

🏛️ Gilded Age Dynasties 🇺🇸 American Aristocracy 💔 Dysfunctional Families

Dead End Gene Pool 88%

110 rooms, a Vanderbilt name, and three generations who drank their way through the inheritance.

by Wendy Burden 2010

3.30

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Gilded Age Dynasties 🇺🇸 American Aristocracy 💔 Dysfunctional Families

Adult Children of Alcoholics

by Janet Geringer Woititz • 1983

An alcoholic home teaches survival habits that later sabotage intimacy, trust, and joy.

4.12

6k+

🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🫥 Emotional Neglect

Adult Children of Alcoholics 88%

An alcoholic home teaches survival habits that later sabotage intimacy, trust, and joy.

by Janet Geringer Woititz 1983

4.12

6k+ ratings

🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🫥 Emotional Neglect

The Sober Revolution

by Sarah Turner • 2013

Dreading 5 p.m. without wine? A six-week reset and the ten minutes that decide everything.

3.98

410

🍷 Grey Area Drinking 📚 Quit Lit 🌿 Sober Living

The Sober Revolution 88%

Dreading 5 p.m. without wine? A six-week reset and the ten minutes that decide everything.

by Sarah Turner 2013

3.98

410 ratings

🍷 Grey Area Drinking 📚 Quit Lit 🌿 Sober Living

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

3.69

265k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery

A Million Little Pieces 88%

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

by James Frey 2003

3.69

265k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery

Drink

by Ann Dowsett Johnston • 2013

Equal rights, equal binges: how the alcohol industry targeted women, and why they get sick faster.

3.74

4k+

🌱 Recovery Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women'S Health 🍻 Binge Drinking

Drink 88%

Equal rights, equal binges: how the alcohol industry targeted women, and why they get sick faster.

by Ann Dowsett Johnston 2013

3.74

4k+ ratings

🌱 Recovery Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women'S Health 🍻 Binge Drinking

A Childhood

by Harry Crews • 1978

By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.

4.34

3k+

🏚️ Rural Poverty 🌾 Southern Memoir 🩸 Childhood Trauma

A Childhood 88%

By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.

by Harry Crews 1978

4.34

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Poverty 🌾 Southern Memoir 🩸 Childhood Trauma

Why We Drink Too Much

by Charles Knowles • 2026

Alcohol rewires the brain to prioritize itself. Reversing that takes more than willpower.

3.67

418

🌅 Addiction Recovery 🍺 Drinking Culture 🧠 Neuroscience Of Addiction

Why We Drink Too Much 88%

Alcohol rewires the brain to prioritize itself. Reversing that takes more than willpower.

by Charles Knowles 2026

3.67

418 ratings

🌅 Addiction Recovery 🍺 Drinking Culture 🧠 Neuroscience Of Addiction

The Bright Years

by Sarah Damoff • 2025

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

4.23

169k+

🏠 Multigenerational Saga 💔 Addiction And Recovery 💕 Second Chance Romance

The Bright Years 88%

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

by Sarah Damoff 2025

4.23

169k+ ratings

🏠 Multigenerational Saga 💔 Addiction And Recovery 💕 Second Chance Romance

The Last Romantics

by Tara Conklin • 2019

After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.

3.70

49k+

💔 Parental Neglect ⭐ Golden Boy Downfall ✍️ Writer Narrator

The Last Romantics 88%

After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.

by Tara Conklin 2019

3.70

49k+ ratings

💔 Parental Neglect ⭐ Golden Boy Downfall ✍️ Writer Narrator

After Annie

by Anna Quindlen • 2024

Annie's death at dinner leaves her husband and teenage daughter struggling to keep the family whole.

3.98

38k+

🏠 Domestic Drama 🖤 Grief Fiction 💔 Sudden Death Of A Parent

After Annie 88%

Annie's death at dinner leaves her husband and teenage daughter struggling to keep the family whole.

by Anna Quindlen 2024

3.98

38k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Drama 🖤 Grief Fiction 💔 Sudden Death Of A Parent

First Comes Love

by Marion Winik • 1996

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

4.14

441

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage

First Comes Love 88%

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

by Marion Winik 1996

4.14

441 ratings

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage

The Easy Way to Stop Drinking

by Allen Carr • 2005

Remove the desire to drink, and quitting becomes not a sacrifice but a celebration.

4.13

2k+

🍺 Alcohol Addiction 🔄 Addiction Reframing 🎉 Joyful Sobriety

The Easy Way to Stop Drinking 88%

Remove the desire to drink, and quitting becomes not a sacrifice but a celebration.

by Allen Carr 2005

4.13

2k+ ratings

🍺 Alcohol Addiction 🔄 Addiction Reframing 🎉 Joyful Sobriety

Alcoholics Anonymous

by Alcoholics Anonymous • 1939

Willpower keeps failing alcoholics. The original program that works starts where self-control ends.

4.49

12k+

🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤝 Peer-Led Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Surrender

Alcoholics Anonymous 88%

Willpower keeps failing alcoholics. The original program that works starts where self-control ends.

by Alcoholics Anonymous 1939

4.49

12k+ ratings

🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤝 Peer-Led Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Surrender

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

by Gennifer Choldenko • 2024

Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.

4.46

4k+

🏠 Foster Care 👦 Sibling Caretaker 🤝 Found Family

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman Summary

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman 88%

Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.

by Gennifer Choldenko 2024

4.46

4k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 👦 Sibling Caretaker 🤝 Found Family

Guts

by Kristen Johnston • 2012

A burst intestine, two weeks in a coma, and the Hollywood career that hid the drinking.

3.90

5k+

🍷 Addiction Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Functional Addiction

Guts 88%

A burst intestine, two weeks in a coma, and the Hollywood career that hid the drinking.

by Kristen Johnston 2012

3.90

5k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Functional Addiction

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

by Catherine Gray • 2017

Sobriety isn't deprivation. It's the joy you've been chasing at the bottom of every glass.

4.32

16k+

🛑 Alcohol Recovery 📖 Quit Lit ✍️ Sobriety Memoir

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober Summary

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober 88%

Sobriety isn't deprivation. It's the joy you've been chasing at the bottom of every glass.

by Catherine Gray 2017

4.32

16k+ ratings

🛑 Alcohol Recovery 📖 Quit Lit ✍️ Sobriety Memoir

Bloody Awful in Different Ways

by Andrev Walden • 2023

A Swedish boy drifts through his mother's dangerous men, each a lesson in what love is not.

4.04

22k+

🖋️ Autofiction 🇸🇪 Scandinavian Childhood 💔 Absent Fathers

Bloody Awful in Different Ways 88%

A Swedish boy drifts through his mother's dangerous men, each a lesson in what love is not.

by Andrev Walden 2023

4.04

22k+ ratings

🖋️ Autofiction 🇸🇪 Scandinavian Childhood 💔 Absent Fathers

Earth to Moon

by Moon Unit Zappa • 2024

She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.

4.20

3k+

🎬 Celebrity Childhood 🎨 Bohemian Childhood 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

Earth to Moon 88%

She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.

by Moon Unit Zappa 2024

4.20

3k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Childhood 🎨 Bohemian Childhood 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

La Antártida del amor

by Sara Stridsberg • 2018

Murdered, she lingers, watching her children inherit the addiction and loss she could not outrun.

3.96

4k+

👻 Dead Narrator 💉 Addiction And Family 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

La Antártida del amor 88%

Murdered, she lingers, watching her children inherit the addiction and loss she could not outrun.

by Sara Stridsberg 2018

3.96

4k+ ratings

👻 Dead Narrator 💉 Addiction And Family 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps

by Stephanie S. Covington • 1994

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

4.45

643

🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 👩 Female Addiction Issues 🩹 Addiction And Trauma

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps Summary

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps 87%

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

by Stephanie S. Covington 1994

4.45

643 ratings

🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 👩 Female Addiction Issues 🩹 Addiction And Trauma

Loved and Missed

by Susie Boyt • 2023

Her daughter lost to addiction, a teacher raises her granddaughter while facing her own mortality.

4.28

7k+

🫂 Found Family 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift 🏚️ Family Addiction

Loved and Missed 87%

Her daughter lost to addiction, a teacher raises her granddaughter while facing her own mortality.

by Susie Boyt 2023

4.28

7k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift 🏚️ Family Addiction

A Little Bit Broken

by Roz Weston • 2022

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

4.25

1k+

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma

A Little Bit Broken 87%

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

by Roz Weston 2022

4.25

1k+ ratings

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma

So Damn Sketchy

by Bonnie Kent • 2020

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

3.93

218

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries

So Damn Sketchy 87%

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

by Bonnie Kent 2020

3.93

218 ratings

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

by T Kira Madden • 2019

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

4.25

10k+

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Summary

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls 87%

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

by T Kira Madden 2019

4.25

10k+ ratings

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

The Prelude

by William Wordsworth • 1850

He broke women for sport. Then he met someone who played his game better, with cameras.

3.88

4k+

🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Recovery Memoirs

The Prelude 87%

He broke women for sport. Then he met someone who played his game better, with cameras.

by William Wordsworth 1850

3.88

4k+ ratings

🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Recovery Memoirs

Codependent No More

by Melody Beattie • 1986

Let go of the uncontrollable, say no without guilt, and start answering your own life first.

4.12

51k+

🔗 Codependency Recovery 🍷 Adult Children Of Alcoholics 💔 Loved Ones Of Addicts

Codependent No More 87%

Let go of the uncontrollable, say no without guilt, and start answering your own life first.

by Melody Beattie 1986

4.12

51k+ ratings

🔗 Codependency Recovery 🍷 Adult Children Of Alcoholics 💔 Loved Ones Of Addicts

A Hue of Blu

by Marie-France Léger • 2023

Blue hair and silence are their shields, but their connection becomes a wound they cannot escape.

3.63

20k+

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🫂 Found Family 🍾 Alcoholic Parent

A Hue of Blu 87%

Blue hair and silence are their shields, but their connection becomes a wound they cannot escape.

by Marie-France Léger 2023

3.63

20k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🫂 Found Family 🍾 Alcoholic Parent

Bradshaw On

by John Bradshaw • 1985

Your family taught you to feel fundamentally wrong. The path to recover the self you buried.

4.12

1k+

🏠 Family Systems 🔗 Co-Dependency 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery

Bradshaw On 87%

Your family taught you to feel fundamentally wrong. The path to recover the self you buried.

by John Bradshaw 1985

4.12

1k+ ratings

🏠 Family Systems 🔗 Co-Dependency 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery

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