Funny Recovery

The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from writer, director, wife, and mother, Jeannie Gaffigan, as she reflects on the life-changing impact of her battle with a pear-sized brain tumor. In 2017, Jeannie's life came to a crashing halt when she...

"Going into his "why," Perry's audiobook is a fascinating listen."- AudioFile This program is read by the author. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY TIME, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, GOODREADS, USA TODAY, AND MORE! The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with...

Ready to ditch the bottle and embrace a life that doesn't require a constant buzz? Dive into "Uncorked: A No-BS Guide from Boozy Mess to Sober Success," your hilarious roadmap to sobriety. April Adams spills the tea on her messy journey from hot mess to sober queen, serving up a cocktail of brutal honesty and side-splitting humor. This ain't your grandma's self-help book. "Uncorked" is packed with real talk, f-bombs, and practical advice for dodging temptation, surviving sober socials, and building a kick-ass life without liquid courage. From "Oh shit, I drunk-texted my ex" to "Holy crap, I...

Don’t Feed the Raccoon (Even If It Looks Lonely) is a funny, heartfelt, metaphor-rich guide to setting boundaries without losing your soul—or your sense of humor. With wisdom wrapped in whimsy, Annie Rowen invites readers into a world where emotional raccoons wear pitiful expressions, guilt travels in trench coats, and kindness finally learns to say “no.” Through 12 engaging chapters filled with personal stories, gentle truths, and laugh-out-loud insights, this book explores people-pleasing, emotional over-giving, and the sacred art of letting go. Whether you’ve ever felt drained ...

Be Kind But Take No Sh*t, the Ambitchous Way! is not your average self-help book—it’s a battle cry for every woman who’s been told to “be nice,” “smile more,” or “tone it down.” Kim Popovich redefines kindness by pairing it with unapologetic boundaries, fierce self-respect, and spiritual firepower. This empowering guide dismantles the myths that keep women small—showing how society, relationships, and even courtrooms manipulate kindness into compliance. Through bold stories, sharp humor, and no-nonsense truth-telling, Popovich exposes the patterns of oppression, trauma, ...

You know what it looks like when someone you love loses themselves in power. Now imagine that someone is America. Uncle Sam has a problem. He's 250 years old. He's been running on power, fear, and the particular intoxication of being the indispensable nation for most of that time. His meals are nutritionally optimized. His visitors are pre-approved. His television is managed. And somewhere between Valley Forge and the facility, he lost the thread. Now he's in therapy. Uncle Sam's 250-Year Intervention is the recovery memoir America didn't know it needed — told in the first person by the ...

"Barnett's prose style is brassy and cleareyed, with echoes of Anne Lamott." --Beth Macy, The New York Times Book Review "Emotionally devastating and self-aware, this cautionary tale about substance abuse is a worthy heir to Cat Marnell's How to Murder Your Life." --Publishers Weekly (starred...

Funny, fierce, and full of heart! Viv Calloway is fifty-three, newly abandoned, and sitting on her kitchen floor eating Oreos. Her husband Craig didn't just leave — he drained every account, forged her signature on a second mortgage, and fled to Belize with a woman named Tiffani. His parting words? A Post-it note on the fridge: Sorry. I couldn't help myself. Armed with a best friend who categorizes wine by emotional crisis, a community college computer class taught by a man with distractingly good forearms, and the stubborn discovery that twenty-five years of running a household might ...

A warm and uplifting novel about a woman with trauma-induced agoraphobia who rejoins the world one step at a time. "An optimistic, feel-good novel." —Kirkus Reviews "A gorgeous, charming novel ... sweet, moving, funny, and hopeful." —Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne Meredith has...

Beloved actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. shares hilarious and poignant stories of his improbable life. "Smart, funny, and honest." —Christopher Guest "Charming and disarming and personal." —Geena Davis Ed Begley Jr. is truly one of a kind; a performer who is known equally for...

The Road to Freedom is the path of hope for all of us who are stuck. With practical application and inspiration, Johnny Baker shares his story of recovering from alcoholism and offers the truths he has learned from his 25 years with Celebrate Recovery. Baker’s father, John, founded Celebrate...

A funny, raw, and painfully honest story about falling apart - and clawing your way back. “Lottie is heartbreakingly real.” “Sharp, chaotic, and full of hope.” “I saw myself in every page.” Lottie Penrose isn’t doing fine - though she’s very good at pretending she is. Her mornings start glued to the sofa, her days blur with missed calls and mascara-smudged apologies, and her evenings end in supermarket wine and jokes that cover more than they reveal. Her best friend Jess sees it long before she does. The lunches where the wine comes too quickly, the flat that smells of ...

Overwhelmed? Burned out? Wondering if it’s a midlife crisis or just time for a snack? You’re not alone, and you’re not losing your mind. You might just be out of coffee and patience. In How To Get a Dad Gum Hold of Yourself, bestselling author Hilary Harrington blends Southern humor, real-talk wisdom, and laugh-out-loud moments into a fresh, funny self-help book for women who are ready to stop pretending they’ve got it all together. This isn’t your typical motivational fluff. It’s the real talk self-help you’ve been craving; with sass, softness, and a whole lot of grace. ...

After years of working as an image-obsessed actress in Hollywood, Roxanne finds herself at rock bottom from a disease that is anything but glamorous. In her first year of recovery, Roxanne has to take accountability for her past. From tales of being mistaken for a prostitute at the Hotel Bel-Air to botching a threesome attempt with an A-list celebrity, she must face the truth about herself and stop playing the victim.

This is recovery in Alanon. Mary Pearl T is a hoot with a powerful recovery message. She tells lots of great stories showing how alcoholism in others made her very ill. How she got well in Alanon. How she repaired her relationship with her mother by making amends. Some stories about getting active in Alanon service and sponsorship. This is a very high quality recovery message. Enjoyable, funny, and very helpful.

‘Had me laughing out loud. I couldn’t put it down, finished it in an afternoon’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Don't miss this hilarious small town rom-com from million-copy bestselling author Portia MacIntosh! Thirty-one-year-old matchmaker Lola James had it all – until she broke her leg at a wedding...

Lena quit. She quit situationships that felt like spiritual internships. Quit ghosters and gaslighters who called her “sensitive” like it was an insult. Quit shrinking herself to be chosen by men who couldn’t even choose healing. She wanted a soft life—but it wasn’t as aesthetic as TikTok made it seem. It looked like crying in Whole Foods, deleting “maybe” numbers, lighting frankincense while blocking toxic exes, and learning to trust herself again. It smelled like rose petals and weed. It felt like learning to want—without apology. And in that sacred in-between, something ...

Sister Bea was born in Ireland and came to Southern California in 1964 This talk is very lighthearted and funny, but there is a very powerful message at the heart of the retrospective humor. She discovered Margaritas when a marvelous host prepared them for her and the sisters at an outing. Right from the start, she did not drink like other people, especially the other sisters. How her alcoholism progressed, and then how she found AA.

You don’t just quit a job. You quit the gaslighting, the guilt, the grind — and the 47-tab spreadsheets that broke your soul. I Quit, and I Meant It is a bold, funny, and painfully relatable breakup letter to toxic work culture. Whether you're halfway out the door or just mentally checked out, this book is for anyone who's: Smiled through a meeting that should’ve been an email Been told to "think like a leader" by someone quoting a coffee mug Got passed over for a promotion by a guy named Todd Been paid in pizza parties instead of PTO Realized burnout isn't a badge of honor — it’s...

Rising from rock bottom to sold-out shows in some of comedy’s biggest venues, Jimmy Shin’s story proves that even the darkest chapters can lead to a stage—and a second act you never saw coming. Jimmy Shin grew up in a house where the shouting was loud, the expectations were higher, and the alcohol was… always in stock. Somewhere between dodging flying objects and working at his family’s convenience store (where he was wildly underqualified but fully employed at age twelve), Jimmy discovered two things: humor could save you—and alcohol was a close second. What followed was a ...