Book Review: The 12 and 12
Someone walks into an AA meeting feeling lost, then finds themselves in a room where a stranger's story mirrors their own. The book "Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions" explains why these meetings wor…
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Recovery books worth your time — staff and contributor reviews of memoirs, workbooks, and big-idea reads. What's in each book, who it's for, and why it might matter.
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Book Review: Living Sober
Lisa T. picked up a seventy-page booklet at one of her first recovery meetings, unsure what she'd find. Everything in her life needed to change, but she had no idea where to start. This book gave her…
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
Brené Brown celebrated 25 years of sobriety while becoming a household name, proving her recovery made everything else possible. Her new book offers ten practical guideposts for letting go of perfecti…
A Woman’s Way Through the Twelve Steps
A woman sits with Step Three, wrestling with what "turning it over" means when she's spent her life managing everyone else's feelings and needs. Dr. Covington's book reframes the twelve steps through…
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
One March morning in 2016, when life had become unbearable, she reached for a book gathering dust on her nightstand: The Artist's Way. Three pages of handwritten thoughts, no rules, no judgment. That…