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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

David Sheff - Houghton Mifflin Co
Format: Book

The story of  a teenager's addiction from the parent's point of view.  
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

BETH MACY - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Book

From the New York Times bestselling author of Factory Man comes the only book to fully chart the opioid crisis in America-an unforgettable portrait of the families and first responders on the front lines.
   
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Drinking A Love Story

Caroline Knapp - The Dial Press
Format: Book

Caroline Kapp's harrowing chronicle of her twenty-year love affair with alcohol.
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Fix: Freedom from All Your Addictions

RUSSELL BRAND - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Book

A guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, food and eBay, that will help addicts and their loved ones make the first steps into recovery.
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If You Love Me: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Opioid Addiction

Maureen Cavanagh - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Book

Maureen Cavanagh's gripping memoir If You Love Me is the story of a mother who suddenly finds herself on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic as her daughter battles substance use.  
 
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Off the Rails: One Family's Journey Through Teen Addiction

Susan Burrowes - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback

Written for parents of teens experimenting with high-risk behaviors, as well as those trying to navigate the controversial world of teen treatment programs, Off the Rails is an inspiring story of family love, determination, and the last-resort intervention. 
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Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic

Barry Meier - Random House
Format: Book

In Pain Killer, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Barry Meier exposes the roots of the most pressing health epidemic of the twenty-first century. 
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The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath

Leslie Jamison - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Book

A transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction. 
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Sick: A Memoir

POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

In the tradition of Brain on Fire and Darkness Visible, a beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery that details the author's struggles with late-stage Lyme disease.  
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Wishful Drinking

Carrie Fisher
Format: Book

A provocative, uproarious memoir based on the author's one-woman show describes growing up with celebrity parents, her early success in Star Wars, and battle with addiction and mental illness. 
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