"In this map-your-destiny-book, you make the decisions as Brent, who lives in a trailer park in the crumbling city of Detroit. Your Mom is a junkie who puts both you and your brother, Michael at risk. Your only hope to save your family and yourself is a football scholarship, but your alcoholism threatens this dream. Can you change the fate of yourself and your brother, even if it means leaving your Mom behind"--

Examines the life of the drug-influenced nineteenth century author of "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater," who influenced Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, and William Burroughs.

"Every autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his mother scribble heartbroken messages on balloons, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction, and release them into the sky above Long Island. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into alcoholism and depression, with daytime television her only respite from the sadness around them. When their house was foreclosed upon, Kenny's mother fled with him, his brother, and their beloved...

A voice-driven, gripping, and propulsive addiction memoir about a wealthy Black woman on a journey to becoming whole while grappling with issues of substance abuse, race, class, self-sabotage, and love, by the host of the popular podcast, The Only One in the Room... After years of hiding her addiction from everyone, Cathcart Robbins settled into a complicated purgatory. She learned the hard way that privilege doesn't protect you from pain. Facing...

Nearly every American knows someone who has been affected by the opioid crisis. Addiction is a trans-partisan issue that impacts individuals from every walk of life. Millions of Americans, tired of watching their loved ones die while politicians ignore this issue. Where is the solution? Where is the hope? Where's the outrage? Ryan Hampton is a young man who has made addiction and recovery reform his life's mission. Through the wildly successful non-profit...