Recovery Memoirs:

Drinking: a Love Story by Caroline Knapp 

Mother Noise by Cindy Housse

The Sober Diaries by Clare Pooley

Blackout: Remember the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola

Dry by Augusten Burroughs

The Recovering by Leslie Jamison 

(this memoir section needs a serious update – there are MANY recovery memoirs released in the past few years. I highly recommend you to conduct research on Goodreads or Amazon and find one that speaks to you the most) 

Self-Help Books: 

Allen Carr’s Quit Drinking by Allen Carr

Alcohol Lied to Me by Craig Beck

This Naked Mind by Annie Grace 

30-Days Sobriety Solution by Jack Canfield and Dave Andrews 

Mindful Drinking by Rosamund Dean 

Sex, Drug, Gambling, & Chocolate by Thomas Horvath 

Informative Reads:

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté

The Biology of Desire by Marc Lewis 

Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari 

High Price by Carl Hart 

The Globalization of Addiction by Bruce Alexander 

Understanding Trauma: 

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk 

What Happened to You By Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey 

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté