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The Weight of Air by David Poses

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Health: Addiction & Recovery
2022 Best Book Awards

While his wife and two-year-old daughter watched TV in the living room, David Poses was in the kitchen, measuring the distance from his index finger to his armpit. He needed to be sure he could pull the trigger with a shotgun barrel in his mouth. Twenty-six inches. Thirty-two years old. More than a decade in a double life fueled by depression and heroin.

In his groundbreaking memoir, The Weight of Air, David chronicles his struggle to overcome mental illness and addiction. By age nineteen, he'd been through medical detox, inpatient rehab, twelve-step programs, and a halfway house. He saw his drug use as a symptom of depression, but the experts insisted that addiction was the problem. Over the next thirteen years, he went from one relapse to the next, drowning in guilt, shame, and secrets, until he finally found an evidence-based treatment that not only saved his life, but helped him thrive.

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Choosing Life: One man's journey through alcoholism and depression to wellness and self-discovery by Blue Andrews

Finalist
Health: Addiction & Recovery
2022 Best Book Awards

Addiction and avoidance. Inadequacy and isolation. Even though Blue Andrews went from food stamps to a million dollars, and had an amazing family and many supportive friends, his unhealthy responses to life took their toll.

In August of 2010, to the surprise of everyone but himself, Andrews attempted suicide. He woke up in the psych unit of a hospital with fourteen stitches on his wrists.

A few days later, he made the most important decision of his life. He wanted to live. He wanted to be well.

Choosing Life is the story of how he arrived at that conclusion and his ensuing journey toward health, contentment, and self-discovery. With an open heart, Andrews describes what it’s like to seemingly have it all yet still find yourself alone and depressed. He also shares the steps he took to find his way back and the amazing feelings that emerge with being well. The numerous stories Andrews conveys will be both relatable and beneficial, whether for yourself or someone you care about.




Powerless But Not Helpless by Buddy C.

Finalist
Health: Addiction & Recovery
2022 Best Book Awards

For many in recovery, traditional views of a Higher Power do not resonate. This dissonance left author Buddy C. feeling hopeless. As a result, he entered a cycle of recovery and relapse for over five years.

Buddy found surrendering to a "Power greater than ourselves" undefinable and depressingly unattainable. Searching the world's religions for answers, Buddy discovered a healing way of life that connected with his needs. Not only were the revealed Taoist philosophies similar to other principles he had learned in recovery, including A.A., but they also echoed his experience growing up as a Christian attending church in the south.

What is the Tao Te Ching? Who is Lao Tzu? How does Taoist philosophy describe a Higher Power? How does Taoist philosophy demonstrate how to work Steps 1 – 3? Find all these answers and more in this book.




The Addiction Manifesto by JR Weaver

Finalist
Health: Addiction & Recovery
2022 Best Book Awards

"Some people won't believe in you, and that's ok, this journey isn't about them. It's about you."

The Addiction Manifesto has been uniquely designed to provide you with a new perspective on recovery and will show you that anything is possible.

In this deeply personal book, JR Weaver has crafted a raw insight into his life and how he's been affected by substance abuse over the past 20 years. He details his recovery process and how he's dealt with loss.

With this book he wishes to help people on their journey to recovery. His realistic approach details his journey to try to have a normal life again.

If you're going through addiction recovery or want to help someone who is... This book allows you to gain a greater understanding of substance abuse and its many challenges.




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