First published 2017
Russell Brand opens his recovery manual with brutal honesty about his qualifications. He's not better than his readers, he insists, but worse. Brand has battled heroin, alcohol, sex addiction, fame obsession, food compulsion, and even eBay dependency. After 14 years of sobriety, he offers practical tools that pulled him from the depths and keep him stable daily. Brand addresses the full spectrum of addictive behaviors, from substances like drugs and caffeine to compulsions around work, relationships, and digital media. He reframes the central question from "why are you addicted" to "what pain drives you toward the wrong job, wrong life, wrong person." Drawing from 12-step programs, therapy, yoga practice, and his own men's group, Brand provides concrete strategies for recovery while examining the broader cultural wounds that fuel addiction.
Genres: mental-health, addiction, self-help, autobiography, non-fiction, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-journey, self-improvement
288 pages · Hardcover · Henry Holt and Co.
Content warnings: addiction, substance-abuse