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The 15 most powerful memoirs about addiction and recovery
The Recovering by Leslie Jamison
The Empathy Exams author's stunning book juxtaposes her own relationship to addiction with stories of literary legends like Raymond Carver, and imbues it with rich cultural history. The result is a definitive treatment of the American recovery movement—a memoir in the subgenre like no other. Read EW's review, and order a copy here.
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Based on Fisher's hugely successful one-woman show, Wishful Drinking is the story of growing up in Hollywood royalty, battling addiction, and dealing with manic depression. Her first memoir is an inside look at her famous parents' marriage and her own tumultuous love affairs (including her on-again, off-again relationship with Paul Simon). Most notably, it's a brutally honest — and hilarious — reflection on the late writer's path to sobriety. Order a copy here.
How to Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell
At the age of 15, Cat Marnell began to unknowingly "murder her life" when she became hooked on the ADHD medication prescribed to her by her psychiatrist father. A Xanax dependence led to cocaine, ecstasy, and a tumbling rabbit hole of prescription drug abuse as she manipulated doctors, lied to loved one
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Matthew Perry’s Lifelong Addiction Cost Him Three Years of Memories on Friends
As much as the late Matthew Perry wanted to be a successful actor, he also craved the fame that came along with it. “There was steam coming out of my ears, I wanted to be famous so badly,” the actor admitted to The New York Times in “You want the attention, you want the bucks, and you want the best seat in the restaurant.”
That desire came true when Perry landed the role of the witty and sarcastic Chandler Bing on Friends in “The part of Chandler leapt off the page, shook my hand, and said, ‘This is you, man!’” he told Entertainment Weekly in
The ensemble sitcom—starring Perry alongside Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer—couldn’t have come at a better time for the Ottawa-raised actor who had previously starred on a string of failed comedies. “I desperately—desperately—needed the money,” he once said.
Once he landed Friends, his financial problems were solved. During the first season, the six cast members made $22, an episode, which grew to $75, by Season 3 and eventually $1 million per episode in Seasons 9 and Along with that came the popularity he dreamed of. “I was on Friends from age 24 to I was in the white-hot flame of fame,” h
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14 Lifechanging Books announcement Addiction & Recovery
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