🍾 Addiction Narrative

Unflinching accounts of dependency's grip—on substances, behaviors, or people—and the harrowing, nonlinear path toward recovery or ruin.

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

American Drug Addict

by Brett Douglas • 2018

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction

American Drug Addict 92%

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

by Brett Douglas 2018

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 91%

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

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

🎮 Digital Addiction 🧠 Behavioral Addictions 🩹 Addiction Recovery

Video Game Addiction 91%

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

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 91%

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

Basketball Junkie

by Chris Herren • 2011

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

4.11

2k+

🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives

Basketball Junkie 91%

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

by Chris Herren 2011

4.11

2k+ ratings

🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives

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 91%

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

Recovery

by Russell Brand • 2017

Why you can't stop scrolling, eating, or working, and what to do about it.

3.93

13k+

🧰 Addiction Recovery 📋 Twelve Step Programs 📱 Behavioral Addiction

Recovery 91%

Why you can't stop scrolling, eating, or working, and what to do about it.

by Russell Brand 2017

3.93

13k+ ratings

🧰 Addiction Recovery 📋 Twelve Step Programs 📱 Behavioral Addiction

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

The Fifth Vital

by Mike Majlak • 2020

A thousand-dollar heroin habit. A shattered ankle. A dying grandfather. Then, Logan Paul's podcast.

4.32

3k+

💊 Opioid Crisis 🩹 Addiction Recovery 📝 Twelve-Step Programs

The Fifth Vital 91%

A thousand-dollar heroin habit. A shattered ankle. A dying grandfather. Then, Logan Paul's podcast.

by Mike Majlak 2020

4.32

3k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Crisis 🩹 Addiction Recovery 📝 Twelve-Step Programs

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

Girl Walks Out of a Bar

by Lisa F. Smith • 2016

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

4.14

7k+

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery

Girl Walks Out of a Bar 91%

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

by Lisa F. Smith 2016

4.14

7k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery

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 90%

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

The Addiction Manifesto

by Jerry Weaver • 2021

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

4.72

1k+

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention

The Addiction Manifesto 90%

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

by Jerry Weaver 2021

4.72

1k+ ratings

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention

The Prelude

by William Wordsworth • 1850

He broke women for sport. Then he met someone who played his game better, with cameras.

3.88

4k+

🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Recovery Memoirs

The Prelude 90%

He broke women for sport. Then he met someone who played his game better, with cameras.

by William Wordsworth 1850

3.88

4k+ ratings

🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Recovery Memoirs

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 90%

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

A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps

by Patrick J. Carnes • 1993

Why the Twelve Steps work for any addiction, and the exercises that rewire the addicted brain.

4.17

477

🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🔗 Trauma And Addiction

A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps Summary

A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps 90%

Why the Twelve Steps work for any addiction, and the exercises that rewire the addicted brain.

by Patrick J. Carnes 1993

4.17

477 ratings

🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🔗 Trauma And Addiction

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

by Matthew Perry • 2022

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

3.94

408k+

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Summary

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing 90%

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

by Matthew Perry 2022

3.94

408k+ ratings

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma

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 90%

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

Silicon Valley Porn Star

by Jason Portnoy • 2022

He built startups by day and a sex addiction by night. Then his wife called.

4.32

256

🖥️ Silicon Valley Culture 🔞 Pornography Addiction 📖 Addiction Memoirs

Silicon Valley Porn Star 90%

He built startups by day and a sex addiction by night. Then his wife called.

by Jason Portnoy 2022

4.32

256 ratings

🖥️ Silicon Valley Culture 🔞 Pornography Addiction 📖 Addiction Memoirs

Reality Check

by Mike Sorrentino • 2023

The body that made him famous couldn't protect him from opiate addiction, fraud, or federal prison.

4.28

14k+

🏥 Recovery Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery

Reality Check 90%

The body that made him famous couldn't protect him from opiate addiction, fraud, or federal prison.

by Mike Sorrentino 2023

4.28

14k+ ratings

🏥 Recovery Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery

Canary in the Coal Mine

by William Cooke • 2021

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

3.92

728

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💉 Harm Reduction 🏥 Rural Healthcare

Canary in the Coal Mine 90%

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

by William Cooke 2021

3.92

728 ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💉 Harm Reduction 🏥 Rural Healthcare

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Guts

by Kristen Johnston • 2012

A burst intestine, two weeks in a coma, and the Hollywood career that hid the drinking.

3.90

5k+

🍷 Addiction Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Functional Addiction

Guts 90%

A burst intestine, two weeks in a coma, and the Hollywood career that hid the drinking.

by Kristen Johnston 2012

3.90

5k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Functional Addiction

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 90%

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 Easy Way to Stop Drinking

by Allen Carr • 2005

Remove the desire to drink, and quitting becomes not a sacrifice but a celebration.

4.13

2k+

🍺 Alcohol Addiction 🔄 Addiction Reframing 🎉 Joyful Sobriety

The Easy Way to Stop Drinking 90%

Remove the desire to drink, and quitting becomes not a sacrifice but a celebration.

by Allen Carr 2005

4.13

2k+ ratings

🍺 Alcohol Addiction 🔄 Addiction Reframing 🎉 Joyful Sobriety

Healing the Addicted Brain

by Harold C. Urschel III • 2009

Addiction is a treatable brain disease. The medications, therapies, and strategies that prove it.

3.88

307

💊 Medication-Assisted Treatment 🧠 Disease Model Of Addiction ⚠️ Managing Triggers

Healing the Addicted Brain 90%

Addiction is a treatable brain disease. The medications, therapies, and strategies that prove it.

by Harold C. Urschel III 2009

3.88

307 ratings

💊 Medication-Assisted Treatment 🧠 Disease Model Of Addiction ⚠️ Managing Triggers

Alcohol Explained

by William Porter • 2015

Alcohol creates the anxiety it promises to relieve, and understanding this cycle is the way out.

4.36

4k+

🍺 Alcohol Addiction 🧠 Addiction Science 🚫 Drinking Myths

Alcohol Explained 90%

Alcohol creates the anxiety it promises to relieve, and understanding this cycle is the way out.

by William Porter 2015

4.36

4k+ ratings

🍺 Alcohol Addiction 🧠 Addiction Science 🚫 Drinking Myths

Drink

by Ann Dowsett Johnston • 2013

Equal rights, equal binges: how the alcohol industry targeted women, and why they get sick faster.

3.74

4k+

🌱 Recovery Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women'S Health 🍻 Binge Drinking

Drink 90%

Equal rights, equal binges: how the alcohol industry targeted women, and why they get sick faster.

by Ann Dowsett Johnston 2013

3.74

4k+ ratings

🌱 Recovery Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women'S Health 🍻 Binge Drinking

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Beautiful Boy

by David Sheff • 2007

His golden son vanished into meth. A father's decade of love, lies, and letting go.

4.18

108k+

📖 Addiction Memoirs 👨👦 Father-Son Bonds 🔄 Relapse And Recovery

Beautiful Boy 90%

His golden son vanished into meth. A father's decade of love, lies, and letting go.

by David Sheff 2007

4.18

108k+ ratings

📖 Addiction Memoirs 👨👦 Father-Son Bonds 🔄 Relapse And Recovery

The Many Lives of Mama Love

by Lara Love Hardin • 2023

Handcuffed in her cul-de-sac, a mother of four discovers family among the women of county jail.

4.43

133k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🔒 Incarceration Memoir 🤝 Found Family In Prison

The Many Lives of Mama Love 90%

Handcuffed in her cul-de-sac, a mother of four discovers family among the women of county jail.

by Lara Love Hardin 2023

4.43

133k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🔒 Incarceration Memoir 🤝 Found Family In Prison

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Alcoholics Anonymous

by Alcoholics Anonymous • 1991

A program of spiritual surrender and radical honesty: why it works when willpower cannot.

3.99

348

🩹 Addiction Recovery ✨ Spiritual Recovery 🤝 Peer Support

Alcoholics Anonymous 90%

A program of spiritual surrender and radical honesty: why it works when willpower cannot.

by Alcoholics Anonymous 1991

3.99

348 ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery ✨ Spiritual Recovery 🤝 Peer Support

The Alcohol Experiment

by Annie Grace • 2018

One drink demands the next. A 30-day experiment to break the chemical loop, no willpower needed.

4.33

3k+

✨ Sobriety Journeys 💥 Habit Disruption 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

The Alcohol Experiment 90%

One drink demands the next. A 30-day experiment to break the chemical loop, no willpower needed.

by Annie Grace 2018

4.33

3k+ ratings

✨ Sobriety Journeys 💥 Habit Disruption 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Alcoholics Anonymous

by Alcoholics Anonymous • 1939

Willpower keeps failing alcoholics. The original program that works starts where self-control ends.

4.49

12k+

🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤝 Peer-Led Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Surrender

Alcoholics Anonymous 90%

Willpower keeps failing alcoholics. The original program that works starts where self-control ends.

by Alcoholics Anonymous 1939

4.49

12k+ ratings

🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤝 Peer-Led Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Surrender

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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