Life After Addiction

How to Live, Heal, and Thrive Beyond Recovery

Life After Addiction

How to Live, Heal, and Thrive Beyond Recovery
by Nate Fortner

Getting clean is only the beginning.
Learning how to live is the real recovery.

For many people, rehab teaches how to stop using — but not how to live life after addiction.

The loneliness.
The depression.
The boredom.
The emotional crashes.
The triggers.
The broken relationships.
The pressure of everyday life.

Life After Addiction is a faith-centered, practical guide for people who are clean but struggling to stay grounded in the real world. It speaks directly to those who are learning how to cope with life on life’s terms — without escaping, numbing, or chasing the next high.

This book goes beyond sobriety and focuses on identity, stability, purpose, emotional health, and spiritual strength — the things that actually keep people clean long-term.

Whether you are newly sober, years into recovery, or supporting someone you love, this book provides a clear roadmap for building a life worth staying sober for.

Inside this book, you’ll learn how to:

✔ Cope with stress, triggers, anxiety, depression, and loneliness without using
✔ Stop chasing highs — whether drugs, relationships, or chaos
✔ Build structure, routines, and life skills for long-term stability
✔ Rebuild trust and restore broken family relationships
✔ Develop emotional maturity and healthy boundaries
✔ Strengthen your faith and rediscover your identity
✔ Find purpose and meaning after addiction
✔ Create a future that addiction can’t destroy

This book also includes powerful daily tools:

✔ Daily affirmations for strength and sobriety
✔ Prayers for healing, peace, and long-term freedom
✔ Guided journaling spaces for reflection, growth, and self-discovery
✔ A 30-day transformation plan to help rebuild consistency and discipline

Life After Addiction is not about perfection.
It’s about progress.
It’s about direction.
It’s about becoming who you were always meant to be.

Your past does not define you.
Your mistakes do not disqualify you.
Your story is not over.

If you are ready to stop surviving and start living, this book will walk with you — one day at a time — into a life of peace, purpose, and lasting freedom.

Perfect for readers looking for:

• Addiction recovery books

• Life after rehab guidance

• Faith-based recovery support

• Sobriety motivation and encouragement

• Emotional healing and life skills

• Christian self-help and transformation