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🎭 Creative Intoxication

The heady, consuming rush of being deep inside a creative state—and the complicated relationship between altered consciousness and artistic production. Equal parts exhilaration and cautionary tale.
Free Play
by Stephen Nachmanovitch • 1990
Creativity is improvisation: learn your craft until it disappears, then get out of your own way.
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3k+
🎭 Improvisation🎨 Artistic Practice✨ Creative Process
Free Play Summary
Free Play 88%
Creativity is improvisation: learn your craft until it disappears, then get out of your own way.
by Stephen Nachmanovitch 1990
4.20
3k+ ratings
🎭 Improvisation🎨 Artistic Practice✨ Creative Process
On Drinking
by Charles Bukowski • 2019
The poetry and prose of a man who traded sobriety for stories and never looked back.
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2k+
🍺 Drunken Confessional📓 Autobiographical Poetry🚪 Literary Outsider
On Drinking Summary
On Drinking 88%
The poetry and prose of a man who traded sobriety for stories and never looked back.
by Charles Bukowski 2019
3.87
2k+ ratings
🍺 Drunken Confessional📓 Autobiographical Poetry🚪 Literary Outsider
The Creative Act
by Rick Rubin • 2023
You were born creative. The real work is learning to listen to what wants to come through.
3.95
89k+
🌀 Creative Process🎨 Artistic Practice🌱 Beginner'S Mind
The Creative Act Summary
The Creative Act 88%
You were born creative. The real work is learning to listen to what wants to come through.
by Rick Rubin 2023
3.95
89k+ ratings
🌀 Creative Process🎨 Artistic Practice🌱 Beginner'S Mind
Creative Quest
by Ahmir Thompson • 2018
Questlove on noticing more, curating what sticks, and making failure a collaborator.
3.94
4k+
🔄 Creative Process🧠 Creative Cognition🤝 Creative Collaboration
Creative Quest Summary
Creative Quest 88%
Questlove on noticing more, curating what sticks, and making failure a collaborator.
by Ahmir Thompson 2018
3.94
4k+ ratings
🔄 Creative Process🧠 Creative Cognition🤝 Creative Collaboration
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 Summary
Sober Curious 88%
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
Big Sur
by Jack Kerouac • 1962
A writer escapes his celebrity to a Big Sur cabin, where solitude unravels into madness.
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38k+
🥁 Beat Generation📖 Autofiction🎨 Tortured Artist
Big Sur Summary
Big Sur 88%
A writer escapes his celebrity to a Big Sur cabin, where solitude unravels into madness.
by Jack Kerouac 1962
3.83
38k+ ratings
🥁 Beat Generation📖 Autofiction🎨 Tortured Artist
Big Magic
by Instaread Summaries • 2015
Ideas are alive, and they choose who gets them. Here's how to be chosen.
3.85
33
⚔️ Creative Courage✨ Spiritual Creativity🎯 Creative Perfectionism
Big Magic Summary
Big Magic 88%
Ideas are alive, and they choose who gets them. Here's how to be chosen.
by Instaread Summaries 2015
3.85
33 ratings
⚔️ Creative Courage✨ Spiritual Creativity🎯 Creative Perfectionism
The Art of Creative Thinking
by Rod Judkins • 2015
Why artistic breakthroughs come from doubt, inexperience, and happy accidents, not innate talent.
4.00
3k+
🎨 Creative Process🖌️ Artistic Practice🧪 Creative Experimentation
The Art of Creative Thinking Summary
The Art of Creative Thinking 88%
Why artistic breakthroughs come from doubt, inexperience, and happy accidents, not innate talent.
by Rod Judkins 2015
4.00
3k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Process🖌️ Artistic Practice🧪 Creative Experimentation
The Artist's Way
by Julia Cameron • 2002
Two daily rituals to unblock your creativity: a morning brain-dump and a weekly solo expedition.
3.96
121k+
🩹 Creative Recovery☀️ Daily Creative Practice✍️ Freewriting
The Artist's Way Summary
The Artist's Way 88%
Two daily rituals to unblock your creativity: a morning brain-dump and a weekly solo expedition.
by Julia Cameron 2002
3.96
121k+ ratings
🩹 Creative Recovery☀️ Daily Creative Practice✍️ Freewriting
Steal Like an Artist
by Austin Kleon • 2012
Steal from a hundred heroes, start before you're ready, and let your flaws become your style.
3.96
340k+
📚 Creativity Guides🎛️ Remix Culture🔧 Practical Creativity
Steal Like an Artist Summary
Steal Like an Artist 88%
Steal from a hundred heroes, start before you're ready, and let your flaws become your style.
by Austin Kleon 2012
3.96
340k+ ratings
📚 Creativity Guides🎛️ Remix Culture🔧 Practical Creativity
Creativity
by Osho • 1999
Your natural creativity is blocked by ego and perfectionism. A spiritual guide to clearing the way.
4.18
3k+
🎨 Creative Process🌱 Spiritual Growth🍃 Beginner'S Mind
Creativity Summary
Creativity 88%
Your natural creativity is blocked by ego and perfectionism. A spiritual guide to clearing the way.
by Osho 1999
4.18
3k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Process🌱 Spiritual Growth🍃 Beginner'S Mind
William Blake vs the World
by John Higgs • 2021
Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.
4.15
1k+
🏛️ Romanticism🔮 Mystical Philosophy🧠 Consciousness Studies
William Blake vs the World Summary
William Blake vs the World 88%
Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.
by John Higgs 2021
4.15
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Romanticism🔮 Mystical Philosophy🧠 Consciousness Studies
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 Summary
The Sober Girl Society Handbook 87%
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
The Strength to Dream
by Colin Wilson • 1962
The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.
3.93
123
📝 Literary Criticism🎨 Philosophy Of Art🧠 Existentialism
The Strength to Dream Summary
The Strength to Dream 87%
The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.
by Colin Wilson 1962
3.93
123 ratings
📝 Literary Criticism🎨 Philosophy Of Art🧠 Existentialism
How to Write a Song that Matters
by Dar Williams • 2022
Poetic attention, a guiding tone, ruthless editing: turn a spark into a song strangers need.
4.15
163
🎸 Songwriting Craft🌱 Creative Process💡 Finding Inspiration
How to Write a Song that Matters Summary
How to Write a Song that Matters 87%
Poetic attention, a guiding tone, ruthless editing: turn a spark into a song strangers need.
by Dar Williams 2022
4.15
163 ratings
🎸 Songwriting Craft🌱 Creative Process💡 Finding Inspiration
Deep Writing
by Eric Maisel • 1999
A psychologist's method for quieting the inner critic and writing with real focus every day.
3.60
171
🧱 Writer'S Block👹 Inner Critic⚔️ Creative Resistance
Deep Writing Summary
Deep Writing 87%
A psychologist's method for quieting the inner critic and writing with real focus every day.
by Eric Maisel 1999
3.60
171 ratings
🧱 Writer'S Block👹 Inner Critic⚔️ Creative Resistance
Big Magic
by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2015
What if creativity isn't something you summon but something that's already looking for you?
3.96
236k+
🎨 Creative Process⚒️ Creative Discipline✂️ Creative Perfectionism
Big Magic Summary
Big Magic 87%
What if creativity isn't something you summon but something that's already looking for you?
by Elizabeth Gilbert 2015
3.96
236k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Process⚒️ Creative Discipline✂️ Creative Perfectionism
Inspirations
by Julia Cameron • 2001
Your creativity isn't gone. It's buried under noise. Two simple practices dig it back out.
4.04
138
🎨 Creative Practice🧱 Creative Blocks🔍 Perfectionism
Inspirations Summary
Inspirations 87%
Your creativity isn't gone. It's buried under noise. Two simple practices dig it back out.
by Julia Cameron 2001
4.04
138 ratings
🎨 Creative Practice🧱 Creative Blocks🔍 Perfectionism
The Creative Habit
by Twyla Tharp • 2003
A choreographer's method for making creativity a daily practice instead of a waiting game.
4.09
42k+
🎨 Creative Practice🔄 Habit Formation🌅 Creative Rituals
The Creative Habit Summary
The Creative Habit 87%
A choreographer's method for making creativity a daily practice instead of a waiting game.
by Twyla Tharp 2003
4.09
42k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Practice🔄 Habit Formation🌅 Creative Rituals
The Listening Path
by Julia Cameron • 2021
A six-week listening practice to sharpen attention, unlock creativity, and reconnect.
3.31
2k+
🎨 Creative Practice👂 Listening Skills✨ Spiritual Creativity
The Listening Path Summary
The Listening Path 87%
A six-week listening practice to sharpen attention, unlock creativity, and reconnect.
by Julia Cameron 2021
3.31
2k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Practice👂 Listening Skills✨ Spiritual Creativity
The Artist's Journey
by Steven Pressfield • 2018
The hero's journey ends. The artist's begins: reaching past resistance into unknown creative ground.
4.13
2k+
🗺️ The Hero'S Journey🎨 Creative Process🐉 Creative Resistance
The Artist's Journey Summary
The Artist's Journey 87%
The hero's journey ends. The artist's begins: reaching past resistance into unknown creative ground.
by Steven Pressfield 2018
4.13
2k+ ratings
🗺️ The Hero'S Journey🎨 Creative Process🐉 Creative Resistance
We Need Your Art
by Amie McNee • 2025
No permission needed. The tiny daily practice that outruns perfectionism and gets you to finished.
4.36
2k+
🎨 Creative Practice👑 Artistic Identity🧱 Creative Blocks
We Need Your Art Summary
We Need Your Art 87%
No permission needed. The tiny daily practice that outruns perfectionism and gets you to finished.
by Amie McNee 2025
4.36
2k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Practice👑 Artistic Identity🧱 Creative Blocks
Keep Going
by Austin Kleon • 2019
Creativity runs in seasons, not streaks. Ten ways to keep making work through the winter.
4.26
18k+
🎨 Creative Practice📅 Creative Routines🧘 Creative Solitude
Keep Going Summary
Keep Going 87%
Creativity runs in seasons, not streaks. Ten ways to keep making work through the winter.
by Austin Kleon 2019
4.26
18k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Practice📅 Creative Routines🧘 Creative Solitude
Feck Perfuction
by James Victore • 2019
Perfection kills more work than criticism ever did. A designer's guide to making things anyway.
4.04
2k+
🎨 Creative Process🚫 Anti-Perfectionism💪 Embracing Failure
Feck Perfuction Summary
Feck Perfuction 87%
Perfection kills more work than criticism ever did. A designer's guide to making things anyway.
by James Victore 2019
4.04
2k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Process🚫 Anti-Perfectionism💪 Embracing Failure
The Vein of Gold
by Julia Cameron • 1996
Three pages a day, a solo date a week: the only tools needed to reclaim a creative life.
4.03
3k+
🎨 Creative Unblocking✍️ Daily Writing Practice🧠 Inner Critic Work
The Vein of Gold Summary
The Vein of Gold 87%
Three pages a day, a solo date a week: the only tools needed to reclaim a creative life.
by Julia Cameron 1996
4.03
3k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Unblocking✍️ Daily Writing Practice🧠 Inner Critic Work
Trust the Process
by Shaun McNiff • 1998
Artist's guide to letting go: let the process steer, feed on mistakes, and start where you resist.
3.90
863
🎭 Expressive Arts Therapy🎨 Artistic Process🧱 Creative Block
Trust the Process Summary
Trust the Process 87%
Artist's guide to letting go: let the process steer, feed on mistakes, and start where you resist.
by Shaun McNiff 1998
3.90
863 ratings
🎭 Expressive Arts Therapy🎨 Artistic Process🧱 Creative Block
Think Like an Artist
by Will Gompertz • 2015
The artist's playbook for any career: turn failure into fuel and ideas into assets.
3.84
2k+
🧱 Creative Practice🎨 Artist Entrepreneurs🔄 Failure As Iteration
Think Like an Artist Summary
Think Like an Artist 87%
The artist's playbook for any career: turn failure into fuel and ideas into assets.
by Will Gompertz 2015
3.84
2k+ ratings
🧱 Creative Practice🎨 Artist Entrepreneurs🔄 Failure As Iteration
Unwasted
by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011
A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.
3.79
2k+
📖 Recovery Memoir🌱 Secular Recovery🚺 Women And Addiction
Unwasted Summary
Unwasted 87%
A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.
by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011
3.79
2k+ ratings
📖 Recovery Memoir🌱 Secular Recovery🚺 Women And Addiction
Daily Rituals
by Mason Currey • 2013
161 legendary artists didn't wait for inspiration. The real secret was far more boring.
3.65
21k+
🔄 Creative Routines📋 Work Habits⏰ Time Management
Daily Rituals Summary
Daily Rituals 87%
161 legendary artists didn't wait for inspiration. The real secret was far more boring.
by Mason Currey 2013
3.65
21k+ ratings
🔄 Creative Routines📋 Work Habits⏰ Time Management
Find Your Artistic Voice
by Lisa Congdon • 2019
Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.
4.05
3k+
🎨 Artistic Practice🔄 Creative Process🖼️ Visual Arts
Find Your Artistic Voice Summary
Find Your Artistic Voice 87%
Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.
by Lisa Congdon 2019
4.05
3k+ ratings
🎨 Artistic Practice🔄 Creative Process🖼️ Visual Arts
Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be
by Steven Pressfield • 2022
Your physical location and daily commitment open more doors than talent. Show up where it counts.
4.02
1k+
🧱 Creative Discipline🌠 Creative Calling🚧 Overcoming Creative Block
Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be Summary
Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be 87%
Your physical location and daily commitment open more doors than talent. Show up where it counts.
by Steven Pressfield 2022
4.02
1k+ ratings
🧱 Creative Discipline🌠 Creative Calling🚧 Overcoming Creative Block
Room to Dream
by David Lynch • 2018
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
4.39
9k+
🎬 Auteur Filmmaking🖼️ Surrealism💡 Creative Process
Room to Dream Summary
Room to Dream 87%
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
by David Lynch 2018
4.39
9k+ ratings
🎬 Auteur Filmmaking🖼️ Surrealism💡 Creative Process
The Complete Artist's Way
by Julia Cameron • 2007
Three longhand pages each morning, a weekly solo date: two habits that cure creative paralysis.
4.30
2k+
🧱 Creative Blocks📝 Creative Practice🌅 Morning Routine
The Complete Artist's Way Summary
The Complete Artist's Way 87%
Three longhand pages each morning, a weekly solo date: two habits that cure creative paralysis.
by Julia Cameron 2007
4.30
2k+ ratings
🧱 Creative Blocks📝 Creative Practice🌅 Morning Routine
The Practice
by Seth Godin • 2020
Creativity is a professional practice, not a personality. Show up, do the work, share it daily.
3.96
5k+
🎨 Creative Practice💼 Creative Professions🚧 Creative Blocks
The Practice Summary
The Practice 87%
Creativity is a professional practice, not a personality. Show up, do the work, share it daily.
by Seth Godin 2020
3.96
5k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Practice💼 Creative Professions🚧 Creative Blocks
Writing the Natural Way
by Gabriele Lusser Rico • 1983
A single brainstorming exercise quiets your inner editor and makes writing feel effortless.
3.93
418
🌊 Creative Flow🔀 Nonlinear Writing🚀 Writer'S Block Remedies
Writing the Natural Way Summary
Writing the Natural Way 87%
A single brainstorming exercise quiets your inner editor and makes writing feel effortless.
by Gabriele Lusser Rico 1983
3.93
418 ratings
🌊 Creative Flow🔀 Nonlinear Writing🚀 Writer'S Block Remedies
Coaching the Artist Within
by Eric Maisel • 2005
Manage creative anxiety, sustain mental energy, and show up when conditions are never right.
4.08
390
🎨 Creative Process🖌️ Artistic Practice🧠 Self-Coaching
Coaching the Artist Within Summary
Coaching the Artist Within 87%
Manage creative anxiety, sustain mental energy, and show up when conditions are never right.
by Eric Maisel 2005
4.08
390 ratings
🎨 Creative Process🖌️ Artistic Practice🧠 Self-Coaching
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski • 1977
What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.
3.95
39k+
🖊️ Confessional Poetry🏚️ Dirty Realism🍺 Alcoholism
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell 87%
What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.
by Charles Bukowski 1977
3.95
39k+ ratings
🖊️ Confessional Poetry🏚️ Dirty Realism🍺 Alcoholism
Ignore Everybody
by Hugh MacLeod • 2009
Forty rules for creative freedom: ignore the crowd, keep the day job, and build your own audience.
4.08
29k+
🎨 Artistic Sovereignty💼 Day Job Creativity🌐 Online Audience Building
Ignore Everybody Summary
Ignore Everybody 87%
Forty rules for creative freedom: ignore the crowd, keep the day job, and build your own audience.
by Hugh MacLeod 2009
4.08
29k+ ratings
🎨 Artistic Sovereignty💼 Day Job Creativity🌐 Online Audience Building
If You Want to Write
by Brenda Ueland • 2012
Writing is not a gift for the few. It is a birthright you talked yourself out of.
4.12
9k+
🖊️ Writing Practice🧱 Creative Blocks✍️ Freewriting
If You Want to Write Summary
If You Want to Write 87%
Writing is not a gift for the few. It is a birthright you talked yourself out of.
by Brenda Ueland 2012
4.12
9k+ ratings
🖊️ Writing Practice🧱 Creative Blocks✍️ Freewriting
Creativity for Life
by Eric Maisel • 2007
The creativity coach's manual for making art, selling it, and staying sane in between.
3.93
115
💼 Creative Careers🎨 Artistic Process🚧 Creative Blocks
Creativity for Life Summary
Creativity for Life 87%
The creativity coach's manual for making art, selling it, and staying sane in between.
by Eric Maisel 2007
3.93
115 ratings
💼 Creative Careers🎨 Artistic Process🚧 Creative Blocks
The Artist's Way Workbook
by Julia Cameron • 2006
Daily free-form writing that silences the inner critic and restarts your creative engine.
4.27
2k+
🎨 Creative Unblocking📓 Daily Journaling🕯️ Creative Rituals
The Artist's Way Workbook Summary
The Artist's Way Workbook 87%
Daily free-form writing that silences the inner critic and restarts your creative engine.
by Julia Cameron 2006
4.27
2k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Unblocking📓 Daily Journaling🕯️ Creative Rituals
Fearless Creating
by Eric Maisel • 1995
Anxiety kills more art than lack of talent. A guide for starting and finishing creative work.
3.89
366
🧠 Creative Process🎨 Artistic Practice😰 Anxiety Management
Fearless Creating Summary
Fearless Creating 87%
Anxiety kills more art than lack of talent. A guide for starting and finishing creative work.
by Eric Maisel 1995
3.89
366 ratings
🧠 Creative Process🎨 Artistic Practice😰 Anxiety Management
Do the F*cking Work
by Brian Buirge • 2019
How to stop waiting for inspiration, survive your own bad taste, and ship work that matters.
3.92
281
🎨 Creative Process🤬 Profane Self-Help💥 Embracing Failure
Do the F*cking Work Summary
Do the F*cking Work 87%
How to stop waiting for inspiration, survive your own bad taste, and ship work that matters.
by Brian Buirge 2019
3.92
281 ratings
🎨 Creative Process🤬 Profane Self-Help💥 Embracing Failure
Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk
by Danielle Krysa • 2016
Ten mental blocks that keep you from creating, and the illustrated, pocket-sized ways around them.
3.68
2k+
🧱 Creative Blocks🗣️ Inner Critic💪 Creative Confidence
Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk Summary
Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk 87%
Ten mental blocks that keep you from creating, and the illustrated, pocket-sized ways around them.
by Danielle Krysa 2016
3.68
2k+ ratings
🧱 Creative Blocks🗣️ Inner Critic💪 Creative Confidence
The Courage to Create
by Rollo May • 1975
Creativity needs limits, not freedom. Anxiety is the proof you are close to a breakthrough.
4.07
4k+
🎨 Psychology Of Creativity🧠 Existential Psychology🖼️ Philosophy Of Art
The Courage to Create Summary
The Courage to Create 87%
Creativity needs limits, not freedom. Anxiety is the proof you are close to a breakthrough.
by Rollo May 1975
4.07
4k+ ratings
🎨 Psychology Of Creativity🧠 Existential Psychology🖼️ Philosophy Of Art
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
by Amanda Palmer • 2014
Fans gave her couches, food, then $1.2 million. The one rule: treat help as collaboration.
3.92
37k+
🎤 Artist Memoirs✨ Creativity Guides💔 Vulnerability In Art
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Summary
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help 87%
Fans gave her couches, food, then $1.2 million. The one rule: treat help as collaboration.
by Amanda Palmer 2014
3.92
37k+ ratings
🎤 Artist Memoirs✨ Creativity Guides💔 Vulnerability In Art
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 Summary
Why We Drink Too Much 87%
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 War of Art
by Steven Pressfield • 2002
Procrastination is not a flaw but an enemy. The only weapon is daily, professional discipline.
3.97
120k+
🧱 Creative Block🪤 Self-Sabotage🛠️ Artistic Discipline
The War of Art Summary
The War of Art 87%
Procrastination is not a flaw but an enemy. The only weapon is daily, professional discipline.
by Steven Pressfield 2002
3.97
120k+ ratings
🧱 Creative Block🪤 Self-Sabotage🛠️ Artistic Discipline
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 Summary
Quit Like a Woman 87%
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
A Boy Named Shel
by Lisa Rogak • 2007
He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.
3.42
572
📚 Children'S Authors🎵 Songwriters✏️ Creative Process
A Boy Named Shel Summary
A Boy Named Shel 87%
He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.
by Lisa Rogak 2007
3.42
572 ratings
📚 Children'S Authors🎵 Songwriters✏️ Creative Process
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