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🎨 Addiction And Art

Explorations of the tangled relationship between creative expression and substance dependence — the myth of the tortured artist examined honestly.
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
The Biology of Desire 89%
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
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 Summary
High Achiever 89%
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
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
5
🎮 Digital Addiction🧠 Behavioral Addictions🩹 Addiction Recovery
Video Game Addiction Summary
Video Game Addiction 89%
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
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 Summary
Low Road 89%
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
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
Sonny Boy
by Al Pacino • 2024
South Bronx to The Godfather to fifty million lost. Pacino's most unguarded confession.
4.01
14k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎭 Acting Craft💫 The Cost Of Fame
Sonny Boy Summary
Sonny Boy 88%
South Bronx to The Godfather to fifty million lost. Pacino's most unguarded confession.
by Al Pacino 2024
4.01
14k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎭 Acting Craft💫 The Cost Of Fame
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! Summary
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
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
Attention
by Casey Schwartz • 2020
Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.
3.12
394
🏪 Attention Economy💊 Prescription Stimulants📱 Digital Distraction
Attention Summary
Attention 88%
Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.
by Casey Schwartz 2020
3.12
394 ratings
🏪 Attention Economy💊 Prescription Stimulants📱 Digital Distraction
The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook
by Anna Lembke • 2024
Your brain on too much pleasure: a practical four-week protocol to reset its reward wiring.
3.99
164
🩹 Addiction Recovery📱 Behavioral Addiction🧠 Dopamine And Reward
The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook Summary
The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook 88%
Your brain on too much pleasure: a practical four-week protocol to reset its reward wiring.
by Anna Lembke 2024
3.99
164 ratings
🩹 Addiction Recovery📱 Behavioral Addiction🧠 Dopamine And Reward
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
Hey, Kiddo 88%
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
Unwasted
by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011
A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.
3.79
2k+
📖 Recovery Memoir🌱 Secular Recovery🚺 Women And Addiction
Unwasted Summary
Unwasted 88%
A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.
by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011
3.79
2k+ ratings
📖 Recovery Memoir🌱 Secular Recovery🚺 Women And Addiction
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 Summary
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
Addiction and Grace
by Gerald G. May • 1988
Addiction is spiritual hunger, aimed wrong. Willpower was never going to be enough.
4.20
2k+
🧠 Addiction Psychology🙏 Spiritual Psychology✝️ Christian Mysticism
Addiction and Grace Summary
Addiction and Grace 88%
Addiction is spiritual hunger, aimed wrong. Willpower was never going to be enough.
by Gerald G. May 1988
4.20
2k+ ratings
🧠 Addiction Psychology🙏 Spiritual Psychology✝️ Christian Mysticism
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 Summary
A Million Little Pieces 88%
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
Dopamine Nation
by Anna Lembke • 2021
Too much pleasure backfires. A psychiatrist on why your brain's reward system needs less, not more.
3.88
89k+
🧠 Dopamine Neuroscience🔄 Behavioral Addiction📈 Hedonic Adaptation
Dopamine Nation Summary
Dopamine Nation 88%
Too much pleasure backfires. A psychiatrist on why your brain's reward system needs less, not more.
by Anna Lembke 2021
3.88
89k+ ratings
🧠 Dopamine Neuroscience🔄 Behavioral Addiction📈 Hedonic Adaptation
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 Summary
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
Slash
by Slash • 2007
The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.
4.00
31k+
🎸 Rock Memoirs💔 Band Breakups💉 Heroin Addiction
Slash Summary
Slash 88%
The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.
by Slash 2007
4.00
31k+ ratings
🎸 Rock Memoirs💔 Band Breakups💉 Heroin Addiction
The Craving Mind
by Judson Brewer • 2017
One simple brain loop hooks us on cigarettes, smartphones, and love. The way out isn't willpower.
3.68
5k+
🧠 Behavioral Addiction📱 Digital Habits🧬 Dopamine
The Craving Mind Summary
The Craving Mind 88%
One simple brain loop hooks us on cigarettes, smartphones, and love. The way out isn't willpower.
by Judson Brewer 2017
3.68
5k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Addiction📱 Digital Habits🧬 Dopamine
The Creative Habit
by Twyla Tharp • 2003
A choreographer's method for making creativity a daily practice instead of a waiting game.
4.09
42k+
🎨 Creative Practice🔄 Habit Formation🌅 Creative Rituals
The Creative Habit Summary
The Creative Habit 88%
A choreographer's method for making creativity a daily practice instead of a waiting game.
by Twyla Tharp 2003
4.09
42k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Practice🔄 Habit Formation🌅 Creative Rituals
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 Summary
Crank 88%
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
In the Shadows of the Net
by Patrick J. Carnes • 2001
The Internet's secret architecture for addiction, and a two-part plan to dismantle its hold on you.
3.85
121
🌐 Internet Addiction⚠️ Sexual Compulsion🔞 Porn Addiction
In the Shadows of the Net Summary
In the Shadows of the Net 88%
The Internet's secret architecture for addiction, and a two-part plan to dismantle its hold on you.
by Patrick J. Carnes 2001
3.85
121 ratings
🌐 Internet Addiction⚠️ Sexual Compulsion🔞 Porn Addiction
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 Summary
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
Boys in the Trees
by Carly Simon • 2015
The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.
3.67
12k+
🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir🎸 Women In Rock🧠 Mental Health And Creativity
Boys in the Trees Summary
Boys in the Trees 88%
The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.
by Carly Simon 2015
3.67
12k+ ratings
🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir🎸 Women In Rock🧠 Mental Health And Creativity
The Hacking of the American Mind
by Robert H. Lustig • 2017
Your brain's pleasure and happiness circuits are separate. Industry amplifies one, mutes the other.
4.09
3k+
🧠 Brain Chemistry💰 Corporate Manipulation🍬 Sugar Addiction
The Hacking of the American Mind Summary
The Hacking of the American Mind 88%
Your brain's pleasure and happiness circuits are separate. Industry amplifies one, mutes the other.
by Robert H. Lustig 2017
4.09
3k+ ratings
🧠 Brain Chemistry💰 Corporate Manipulation🍬 Sugar Addiction
Porcelain
by Moby • 2016
A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.
3.98
4k+
🎧 Electronic Music🪩 Rave Culture🎤 Music Memoirs
Porcelain Summary
Porcelain 88%
A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.
by Moby 2016
3.98
4k+ ratings
🎧 Electronic Music🪩 Rave Culture🎤 Music Memoirs
The Basketball Diaries
by Jim Carroll • 1978
A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.
3.99
32k+
🖤 Addiction Memoir🗽 1960s New York🏀 Sports As Salvation
The Basketball Diaries Summary
The Basketball Diaries 88%
A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.
by Jim Carroll 1978
3.99
32k+ ratings
🖤 Addiction Memoir🗽 1960s New York🏀 Sports As Salvation
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 Summary
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
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
by Gabor Maté • 2007
Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.
4.48
24k+
🧠 Addiction Psychology💔 Trauma And Addiction🩹 Harm Reduction
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts Summary
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts 88%
Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.
by Gabor Maté 2007
4.48
24k+ ratings
🧠 Addiction Psychology💔 Trauma And Addiction🩹 Harm Reduction
Art and Fear
by David Bayles • 1994
Art is a skill, not a gift. The only secret to sustaining it: knowing how not to quit.
3.77
105k+
🎨 Artistic Practice😰 Creative Fear⏰ Creative Habits
Art and Fear Summary
Art and Fear 88%
Art is a skill, not a gift. The only secret to sustaining it: knowing how not to quit.
by David Bayles 1994
3.77
105k+ ratings
🎨 Artistic Practice😰 Creative Fear⏰ Creative Habits
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 Summary
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
The Porn Myth
by Matt Fradd • 2017
Porn rewires the brain like addiction, erodes real intimacy, and exploits its performers.
4.10
1k+
🧠 Pornography Addiction🔗 Sexual Addiction🧬 Neuroscience Of Addiction
The Porn Myth Summary
The Porn Myth 88%
Porn rewires the brain like addiction, erodes real intimacy, and exploits its performers.
by Matt Fradd 2017
4.10
1k+ ratings
🧠 Pornography Addiction🔗 Sexual Addiction🧬 Neuroscience Of Addiction
The Creative Act
by Rick Rubin • 2023
You were born creative. The real work is learning to listen to what wants to come through.
3.95
89k+
🌀 Creative Process🎨 Artistic Practice🌱 Beginner'S Mind
The Creative Act Summary
The Creative Act 88%
You were born creative. The real work is learning to listen to what wants to come through.
by Rick Rubin 2023
3.95
89k+ ratings
🌀 Creative Process🎨 Artistic Practice🌱 Beginner'S Mind
Mariner
by Malcolm Guite • 2017
Coleridge's Ancient Mariner foretold his own descent into opium and his hard-won return.
4.59
145
🎭 Romantic Poetry📖 Literary Biography💊 Addiction And Recovery
Mariner Summary
Mariner 88%
Coleridge's Ancient Mariner foretold his own descent into opium and his hard-won return.
by Malcolm Guite 2017
4.59
145 ratings
🎭 Romantic Poetry📖 Literary Biography💊 Addiction And Recovery
The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently
by Allen Carr • 1995
Smoking only relieved the need smoking created. Grasp that, and the desire vanishes.
4.20
520
🚭 Smoking Cessation🚬 Nicotine Addiction🩹 Addiction Recovery
The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently Summary
The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently 88%
Smoking only relieved the need smoking created. Grasp that, and the desire vanishes.
by Allen Carr 1995
4.20
520 ratings
🚭 Smoking Cessation🚬 Nicotine Addiction🩹 Addiction Recovery
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
by Amanda Palmer • 2014
Fans gave her couches, food, then $1.2 million. The one rule: treat help as collaboration.
3.92
37k+
🎤 Artist Memoirs✨ Creativity Guides💔 Vulnerability In Art
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Summary
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help 88%
Fans gave her couches, food, then $1.2 million. The one rule: treat help as collaboration.
by Amanda Palmer 2014
3.92
37k+ ratings
🎤 Artist Memoirs✨ Creativity Guides💔 Vulnerability In Art
Silver Screen Fiend
by Patton Oswalt • 2015
A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.
3.62
8k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🎭 Comedian Memoirs⚠️ Addiction Memoirs
Silver Screen Fiend Summary
Silver Screen Fiend 88%
A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.
by Patton Oswalt 2015
3.62
8k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🎭 Comedian Memoirs⚠️ Addiction Memoirs
Find Your Artistic Voice
by Lisa Congdon • 2019
Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.
4.05
3k+
🎨 Artistic Practice🔄 Creative Process🖼️ Visual Arts
Find Your Artistic Voice Summary
Find Your Artistic Voice 88%
Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.
by Lisa Congdon 2019
4.05
3k+ ratings
🎨 Artistic Practice🔄 Creative Process🖼️ Visual Arts
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 Summary
Tweak 88%
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
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 Summary
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 Murder Your Life
by Cat Marnell • 2017
Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.
3.88
21k+
🖤 Addiction Memoir👗 Fashion Journalism💀 Self-Destruction
How to Murder Your Life Summary
How to Murder Your Life 87%
Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.
by Cat Marnell 2017
3.88
21k+ ratings
🖤 Addiction Memoir👗 Fashion Journalism💀 Self-Destruction
Irresistible
by Adam Alter • 2017
The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.
3.85
13k+
🔄 Behavioral Addiction📱 Tech Addiction👀 Attention Economy
Irresistible Summary
Irresistible 87%
The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.
by Adam Alter 2017
3.85
13k+ ratings
🔄 Behavioral Addiction📱 Tech Addiction👀 Attention Economy
Addictive Thinking
by Abraham J. Twerski • 1990
Addiction hijacks thinking itself: why smart people cannot see their own self-destruction.
4.17
957
🧠 Addiction Psychology🪞 Cognitive Distortions🎭 Self-Deception
Addictive Thinking Summary
Addictive Thinking 87%
Addiction hijacks thinking itself: why smart people cannot see their own self-destruction.
by Abraham J. Twerski 1990
4.17
957 ratings
🧠 Addiction Psychology🪞 Cognitive Distortions🎭 Self-Deception
Short Stories
by Columbus Short • 2020
A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.
3.94
293
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs🖤 Black Hollywood💊 Substance Abuse Recovery
Short Stories Summary
Short Stories 87%
A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.
by Columbus Short 2020
3.94
293 ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs🖤 Black Hollywood💊 Substance Abuse Recovery
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