AboutAddiction

Go Ask Alice (Turtleback School & Library) | Anonymous

#BookMoods

I am sure I have read other books #AboutAddiction but these two come to mind. The tagged is probably one of the first books about it that I read (as a tween). I just finished Seven Days in June for #SummerHeat buddy read & while it‘s about many things besides addiction, it certainly plays a large role in the story.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

LeahBergen I think I read Go Ask Alice at least five times as a teen. 😆 2y

DebinHawaii @LeahBergen Me too! It was a rite of passage I think! 😂 2y

Eggs Intrigued by both 👏🏻📚 2y

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Leftcoastzen

Drinking: A Love Story | Caroline Knapp

#bookmoods #aboutaddiction I read drinking memoirs often, many in my orbit have had issues with alcohol.I think people write them to help themselves stay in recovery and perhaps think that their story will help someone else realize they might have a problem. I liked both of these a lot.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Leftcoastzen

Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget

Eggs I like alcohol/other addiction stories too-it‘s the vulnerability and hard truths that are appealing 🤷‍♀️ (edited) 2y

Leftcoastzen @Eggs indeed , while they are in it , so much denial , vulnerability & facing hard truths help them pull out of it. 2y

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America | Beth Macy

“Drug overdose had already taken the lives of 300,000 Americans over the past fifteen years, and experts now predicted that 300,000 more would die in only the next five. It is now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of fifty, killing more people than guns or car accidents, at a rate higher than the HIV epidemic at its peak.” 💔

#BookMoods
#AboutAddiction 💔

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Eggs

mrp27 I really need to read this so I can watch the show. 2y

JenReadsAlot Great book and author- met her a few years ago. 2y

Eggs Perfect 💔💔 2y

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persephone1408 I couldn't watch the show. It pissed me off too bad. I was one of those people whom got hooked on oxy. I'm sober now...thank God! 5 years in October. I tell everyone that it can be done. We do get better. 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @persephone1408 congratulations ❤️❤️❤️ 2y

persephone1408 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks thanks 2y

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jlhammar

The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink | Olivia Laing

I bought this several years ago, but haven‘t gotten around to reading it yet. Sounds interesting and I‘ve heard good things about Laing‘s writing.

#AboutAddiction #BookMoods
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💔💔 2y

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mrp27

And I Don't Want to Live This Life: A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Murder | Deborah Spungen

#bookmoods #aboutaddiction

I enjoyed a few songs by The Sex Pistols back in the day and the new Pistol show has got me thinking about this book I read when I was a young teenager. This is Nancy‘s mothers story about Nancy‘s life and addiction. I couldn‘t put it down, I was totally captivated by her story and Nancy‘s relationship and ultimate death at the hands of her boyfriend Sid Vicious.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 💗🖤 2y

TrishB I think it‘s one of punks unsolved mysteries. Many people think it wasn‘t Sid, but the police never looked any further. 2y

mrp27 @TrishB So interesting! (edited) 2y

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CoffeeNBooks

A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life | James Bowen

#BookMoods #AboutAddiction
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cute cover 🖤 2y

Leftcoastzen Such a good book! 2y

Eggs ❤️🐈💔 2y

SusanLee I loved this book, so honest 😘 2y

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Kshakal

Before I Let You Go | Kelly Rimmer

#aboutaddiction #bookmoods @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💔💔 2y

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Eggs

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

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#AboutAddiction #BookMoods @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

True story-heartbreaking 💔

#MeYou #BigJuneReadathon @Clwojick
Both Sheff and his son Nic wrote books about Nic‘s addiction

Clwojick Stacking! This one sounds good! 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💔💔 2y

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JuliaTheBookNerd

The Queen's Gambit | Walter Tevis

bailed

I tried to read this book but I just couldn‘t get into it and ended up bailing about 50 pages in 😬 It does fit today‘s prompt #AboutAddiction though ☺️ I know a bunch of people loved this book, it just wasn‘t for me.

#BookMoods 😊❤️📚

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great choice! I enjoyed the movie 🎥 2y

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