Addiction Memoirs

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    • A Memoir of Addiction
    • By: Kate Holden
    • Narrated by: Christy Lynn
    • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 07-01-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 421 ratings
    • The frank, harrowing, and true story of one young woman's descent into heroin addiction and prostitution and the long, arduous struggle to redeem her life that made her stronger....

    Regular price: $19.95

    • And Other Lessons from the Crematory
    • By: Caitlin Doughty
    • Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
    • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 09-19-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9,188 ratings
    • Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a 20-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • A Memoir
    • By: Jason Smith
    • Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
    • Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 11-18-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 795 ratings
    • In his first book, author Jason Smith explores the depravity and desperation required to maintain an opiate addiction so fierce, he finds himself jumping continents....

    Regular price: $19.95

    • The Making of an Honest Woman
    • By: Jill Kelly
    • Narrated by: Jill Kelly
    • Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 01-15-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 233 ratings
    • Jill Kelly's personal stories describe the journey as two decades of drinking and despair gave way to a richly rewarding sober life....

    Regular price: $19.95

    • By: Leslie Jamison
    • Narrated by: Author
    • Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 500 ratings
    • With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head....

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    • a memoir
    • By: Brett Douglas
    • Narrated by: Ryan Turner
    • Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 03-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 696 ratings
    • My name is Brett. I'm a college-educated man who was once a husband of 26 years with two children, three businesses, and a large home with an actual white picket fence. I'm also a drug addict. And I have a tale to tell....

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    • By: Jane Addams
    • Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
    • Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Jane Addams's memoir of her experience running a settlement house on Chicago's West Side includes portraits of people in need....

    Regular price: $22.95

    • My Story of Addiction and Redemption
    • By: William Cope Moyers, Katherine Ketcham
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 09-14-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 208 ratings
    • In October 1994, William Cope Moyers was flat on his back on the floor of an Atlanta crack house....

    Regular price: $21.60

    • Tracing My Scars from Addiction and Sexual Assault
    • By: Jennifer Storm
    • Narrated by: Jennifer Storm
    • Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 02-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • Sexual assault, addiction, and other traumatic experiences can leave both physical and emotional scars. For Jennifer Storm, these scars serve as a reminder - both of the darkness and suffering she once experienced, and of how far she has come....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • A Memoir
    • By: James Brown
    • Narrated by: Charles Constant
    • Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Now 60 - with years of sobriety under his belt - and the father of three sons, James Brown writes about finding a new path in life, making peace with the family whose ghosts have haunted him, and helping the next generation of addicts overcome their disease....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • The Ashley Madison Hack
    • By: Sophie Elmhirst, Maria Luisa Tucker
    • Narrated by: Sophie Nélisse
    • Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,037 ratings
    • Millions of people–looking to cheat on their partners–signed up for Ashley Madison in the early 2000s, seeking a private space to share their public desires. The promise of discretion was shattered in the summer of 2015....

    Regular price: $15.87

    • The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life
    • By: Tiffany Jenkins
    • Narrated by: Tiffany Jenkins
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 06-18-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 13,252 ratings
    • A raw and twisty, pause resisting memoir that sounds like fiction, High Achiever spans Tiffany’s life as an active opioid addict. With heart-racing urgency and unflinching honesty, Jenkins takes you inside the grips of addiction and the desperate decisions it breeds....

    Regular price: $18.00

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    • By: James Frey
    • Narrated by: Andy Paris
    • Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 10-21-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 499 ratings
    • Perhaps the most unconventional and literally breathtaking father-son story you'll ever read, My Friend Leonard pulls you immediately....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family
    • By: Mariel Hemingway
    • Narrated by: Mariel Hemingway
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 04-07-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,118 ratings
    • A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America's most famous families....

    Regular price: $17.16

    • A Mom's Guide to Early Recovery
    • By: Dana Bowman
    • Narrated by: Rachel Dulude
    • Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 02-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
    • An unflinching and hilarious memoir about recovery as a mother of young kids, Bottled explains the perils moms face with drinking and chronicles the author's path to recovery, from hitting bottom to the months of early sobriety to her now (in)frequent moments of peace....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • Growing Up In Pharmaceutical America
    • By: Lonnie Jay
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • "This book will blow your mind! The amount of research and insight puts it in a class of its own. Couldn’t put it down. So authentic and raw, ...

    Regular price: $7.99

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    • A Memoir of Art, Addiction and Transformation
    • By: Tommy Dorfman
    • Narrated by: Tommy Dorfman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 05-27-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • For years, Tommy Dorfman turned her back on her thoughts and emotions, hoping they’d simply go away. After a lifetime of confusion, she finally gained clarity around her gender and began to transition. But there were still parts of herself she’d locked away.

    Regular price: $25.19

    • By: Cameron Douglas
    • Narrated by: Cameron Douglas
    • Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 450 ratings
    • On the surface, Cameron Douglas had everything: descended from Hollywood royalty (son of Michael Douglas, grandson of Kirk Douglas), he was born into a life of wealth, privilege, and comfort. But by the age of thirty, he had become a drug addict, a thief....

    Regular price: $22.50