🔗 Generational Addiction

A raw examination of how substance abuse and compulsive behaviors thread through family lines, trapping descendants in cycles they must fight to break.

Glass

by Ellen Hopkins • 2007

To survive motherhood, a teen relapses, and her dangerous alter ego takes the wheel.

4.29

75k+

💉 Meth Addiction 📜 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity

Glass 90%

To survive motherhood, a teen relapses, and her dangerous alter ego takes the wheel.

by Ellen Hopkins 2007

4.29

75k+ ratings

💉 Meth Addiction 📜 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity

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 89%

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

When Crack Was King

by Donovan X. Ramsey • 2023

The crack epidemic was built on two myths, a 100-to-1 law, and government complicity.

4.34

7k+

💊 War On Drugs 🔒 Mass Incarceration ✊🏾 Racial Injustice

When Crack Was King 89%

The crack epidemic was built on two myths, a 100-to-1 law, and government complicity.

by Donovan X. Ramsey 2023

4.34

7k+ ratings

💊 War On Drugs 🔒 Mass Incarceration ✊🏾 Racial Injustice

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 89%

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

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

The Urge

by Carl Erik Fisher • 2022

Addiction is an ancient divided self, stoked by industry and racial policy into a modern crisis.

4.03

2k+

📜 History Of Addiction 🏥 History Of Medicine 💊 Drug Policy

The Urge 89%

Addiction is an ancient divided self, stoked by industry and racial policy into a modern crisis.

by Carl Erik Fisher 2022

4.03

2k+ ratings

📜 History Of Addiction 🏥 History Of Medicine 💊 Drug Policy

Tweak

by Nic Sheff • 2008

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

3.99

48k+

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse

Tweak 89%

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

by Nic Sheff 2008

3.99

48k+ ratings

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse

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 89%

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

Never Enough

by Judith Grisel • 2019

The brain never forgets a drug. A neuroscientist and former addict explains the permanent cost.

4.14

5k+

🧠 Neurobiology Of Addiction 🧪 Dopamine And Reward 🔬 Neuroplasticity

Never Enough 89%

The brain never forgets a drug. A neuroscientist and former addict explains the permanent cost.

by Judith Grisel 2019

4.14

5k+ ratings

🧠 Neurobiology Of Addiction 🧪 Dopamine And Reward 🔬 Neuroplasticity

Crank

by Ellen Hopkins • 2004

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

4.16

156k+

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity

Crank 89%

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

by Ellen Hopkins 2004

4.16

156k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity

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 88%

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

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

The Sober Truth

by Lance Dodes • 2014

Addiction is not a disease, AA works 5% of the time, rehab is a 90k mirage.

3.92

616

🍺 AA Criticism 🧠 Anti-Disease Model 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy

The Sober Truth 88%

Addiction is not a disease, AA works 5% of the time, rehab is a 90k mirage.

by Lance Dodes 2014

3.92

616 ratings

🍺 AA Criticism 🧠 Anti-Disease Model 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy

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 88%

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

Wandering Stars

by Tommy Orange • 2024

An 1864 massacre survivor. A boarding school runaway. A powwow dancer shot in Oakland. One family.

3.81

39k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🩸 Inherited Trauma 🏫 Boarding School Assimilation

Wandering Stars 88%

An 1864 massacre survivor. A boarding school runaway. A powwow dancer shot in Oakland. One family.

by Tommy Orange 2024

3.81

39k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🩸 Inherited Trauma 🏫 Boarding School Assimilation

I Forgot to Die

by Khalil Rafati • 2015

How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.

4.34

3k+

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

I Forgot to Die 88%

How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.

by Khalil Rafati 2015

4.34

3k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

The Book of Drugs

by Mike Doughty • 2012

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

3.63

2k+

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs

The Book of Drugs 88%

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

by Mike Doughty 2012

3.63

2k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs

Chasing the Scream

by Johann Hari • 2015

Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.

4.50

22k+

📜 Drug Policy 🧠 Addiction Studies 🩹 Harm Reduction

Chasing the Scream 88%

Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.

by Johann Hari 2015

4.50

22k+ ratings

📜 Drug Policy 🧠 Addiction Studies 🩹 Harm Reduction

American Drug Addict

by Brett Douglas • 2018

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction

American Drug Addict 88%

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

by Brett Douglas 2018

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction

Canary in the Coal Mine

by William Cooke • 2021

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

3.92

728

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💉 Harm Reduction 🏥 Rural Healthcare

Canary in the Coal Mine 88%

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

by William Cooke 2021

3.92

728 ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💉 Harm Reduction 🏥 Rural Healthcare

High Achiever

by Tiffany Jenkins • 2017

Her boyfriend was the cop investigating her crime: the true story of addiction's double life.

4.20

47k+

💉 Opiate Addiction 🔗 Women In Prison 🎭 Functional Addicts

High Achiever 88%

Her boyfriend was the cop investigating her crime: the true story of addiction's double life.

by Tiffany Jenkins 2017

4.20

47k+ ratings

💉 Opiate Addiction 🔗 Women In Prison 🎭 Functional Addicts

Empire of Pain

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2021

How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.

4.54

140k+

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏢 Corporate Crime 👑 Family Dynasties

Empire of Pain 88%

How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2021

4.54

140k+ ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏢 Corporate Crime 👑 Family Dynasties

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 88%

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

Hillbilly Elegy

by J.D. Vance • 2016

Escaping Appalachia wasn't about money; it was about cracking a hidden code.

3.83

508k+

🏔️ Appalachian Culture 👷 White Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma

Hillbilly Elegy 88%

Escaping Appalachia wasn't about money; it was about cracking a hidden code.

by J.D. Vance 2016

3.83

508k+ ratings

🏔️ Appalachian Culture 👷 White Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma

Breaking Addiction

by Lance Dodes • 2011

Addiction begins hours before the act, driven by rage against powerlessness, not a brain disease.

3.88

304

🩹 Addiction Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🚫 Alternatives To Aa

Breaking Addiction 88%

Addiction begins hours before the act, driven by rage against powerlessness, not a brain disease.

by Lance Dodes 2011

3.88

304 ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🚫 Alternatives To Aa

Drug Dealer, MD

by Anna Lembke • 2016

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

4.00

1k+

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management

Drug Dealer, MD 88%

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

by Anna Lembke 2016

4.00

1k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management

Video Game Addiction

by Henry Lee • 2014

Sell the console, delete the accounts, identify your triggers. A plan for quitting gaming for good.

4.40

🎮 Digital Addiction 🧠 Behavioral Addictions 🩹 Addiction Recovery

Video Game Addiction 88%

Sell the console, delete the accounts, identify your triggers. A plan for quitting gaming for good.

by Henry Lee 2014

4.40

5 ratings

🎮 Digital Addiction 🧠 Behavioral Addictions 🩹 Addiction Recovery

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 88%

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

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

Drug Use for Grown-Ups

by Carl L. Hart • 2021

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

4.01

5k+

🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience

Drug Use for Grown-Ups 88%

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

by Carl L. Hart 2021

4.01

5k+ ratings

🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience

Martyr!

by Kaveh Akbar • 2024

Haunted by his mother's death, a queer Iranian actor plays dying patients while seeking a sign.

4.14

200k+

📚 Immigrant Fiction 🤝 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets

Martyr! 88%

Haunted by his mother's death, a queer Iranian actor plays dying patients while seeking a sign.

by Kaveh Akbar 2024

4.14

200k+ ratings

📚 Immigrant Fiction 🤝 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets

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 88%

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

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

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

From the Ashes

by Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

35k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

From the Ashes 88%

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

by Jesse Thistle 2019

4.49

35k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Brothers

by Alex Van Halen • 2024

Alex Van Halen remembers Eddie: the immigrant brotherhood that built rock's most explosive band.

4.08

9k+

🎸 Rock Music History 🎤 Band Memoirs 👥 Sibling Bands

Brothers 88%

Alex Van Halen remembers Eddie: the immigrant brotherhood that built rock's most explosive band.

by Alex Van Halen 2024

4.08

9k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Music History 🎤 Band Memoirs 👥 Sibling Bands

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 🍺 Alcoholic Parents

The Liars' Club 88%

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 🍺 Alcoholic Parents

Sober Mercies

by Heather Harpham Kopp • 2013

The faith that was supposed to save her from addiction couldn't. A 12-step meeting did.

4.31

636

🧊 Addiction Memoir ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📘 12-Step Recovery

Sober Mercies 88%

The faith that was supposed to save her from addiction couldn't. A 12-step meeting did.

by Heather Harpham Kopp 2013

4.31

636 ratings

🧊 Addiction Memoir ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📘 12-Step Recovery

How to Raise a Healthy Gamer

by Alok Kanojia • 2024

Video games meet real psychological needs. A clinical guide to replacing screen battles with trust.

4.13

1k+

🎮 Gaming Culture 📱 Digital Parenting 🧠 Adolescent Psychology

How to Raise a Healthy Gamer 88%

Video games meet real psychological needs. A clinical guide to replacing screen battles with trust.

by Alok Kanojia 2024

4.13

1k+ ratings

🎮 Gaming Culture 📱 Digital Parenting 🧠 Adolescent Psychology

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

You'd Be Home Now

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2021

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

4.13

82k+

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming

You'd Be Home Now 88%

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2021

4.13

82k+ ratings

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming

The Dopefiend

by JaQuavis Coleman • 2010

Her surrogate mother gave her heroin. Now two men are destroying each other to save her.

4.53

2k+

🏙️ Street Lit 💉 Addiction Spiral 🔄 Cycles Of Violence

The Dopefiend 88%

Her surrogate mother gave her heroin. Now two men are destroying each other to save her.

by JaQuavis Coleman 2010

4.53

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Street Lit 💉 Addiction Spiral 🔄 Cycles Of Violence

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

All-Night Pharmacy

by Ruth Madievsky • 2023

When her wild sister vanishes, a young woman claws toward sobriety and a long-buried self.

3.50

8k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Literary Fiction 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👯 Toxic Sisterhood

All-Night Pharmacy 88%

When her wild sister vanishes, a young woman claws toward sobriety and a long-buried self.

by Ruth Madievsky 2023

3.50

8k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Literary Fiction 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👯 Toxic Sisterhood

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 88%

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

The Biology of Desire

by Marc Lewis • 2015

Addiction is desire turned automatic, not disease. What the brain learned, it can unlearn.

4.09

2k+

🧠 Addiction Psychology 🧬 Neuroplasticity 🔁 Habit Formation

The Biology of Desire 88%

Addiction is desire turned automatic, not disease. What the brain learned, it can unlearn.

by Marc Lewis 2015

4.09

2k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Psychology 🧬 Neuroplasticity 🔁 Habit Formation

Notes to John

by Joan Didion • 2025

Joan Didion's private therapy transcripts: a mother's struggle with the daughter she could not save.

3.90

6k+

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Systems 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Notes to John 88%

Joan Didion's private therapy transcripts: a mother's struggle with the daughter she could not save.

by Joan Didion 2025

3.90

6k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Systems 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

The Age of Addiction

by David T. Courtwright • 2019

Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.

3.64

456

🧠 Attention Economy 🍔 Food Engineering 🔄 Behavioral Addiction

The Age of Addiction 88%

Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.

by David T. Courtwright 2019

3.64

456 ratings

🧠 Attention Economy 🍔 Food Engineering 🔄 Behavioral Addiction

Scar Tissue

by Anthony Kiedis • 2004

His father gave him drugs at eleven. This is what happened after.

4.10

103k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💉 Heroin Addiction 🩹 Recovery Journey

Scar Tissue 88%

His father gave him drugs at eleven. This is what happened after.

by Anthony Kiedis 2004

4.10

103k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💉 Heroin Addiction 🩹 Recovery Journey

Low Road

by Eddie B. Allen Jr. • 2004

Two guns, no prints, two children locked in the basement. He had written this scene before.

3.85

134

🖋️ Literary Biography 💉 Heroin Addiction 🔒 Prison Writing

Low Road 88%

Two guns, no prints, two children locked in the basement. He had written this scene before.

by Eddie B. Allen Jr. 2004

3.85

134 ratings

🖋️ Literary Biography 💉 Heroin Addiction 🔒 Prison Writing

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