List of books about sobriety

This bibliography of sobriety books is a list of written and published works about the virtues of abstinence, the titles listed here are limited to self-help and memoir books about recovery from alcohol (known as quit lit) and drug addiction, published by notable authors and publishers.

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Books about sobriety

Title	Year	Publisher	ISBN / ASIN	Author (s)
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol[1]	2020	Bloomsbury Publishing	ISBN 978-1526612250	Holly Glenn Whitaker
This Naked Mind: The myth-busting cult hit for anyone who wants to cut down their alcohol consumption[2]	2018	HQ	ISBN 978-0008293437	Annie Grace
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life[3]	2017	Aster	ISBN 978-1912023387	Catherine Gray
The Sober Diaries: How one woman stopped drinking and started living[4]	2018	Coronet	ISBN 978-1473661905	Clare Pooley
Sober Curious: The Blissful Sleep, Greater Focus, Limitless Presence, and Deep Connection Awaiting Us All on the Other Side of Alcohol[5]	2019	HarperOne	ISBN 978-0062869043	Ruby Warrington
We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life[6]	2020	New World Library	ISBN 978-1608687862	Laura McKowen
The 28 Day Alcohol-Free Challenge: Sleep Better, Lose Weight, Boost Energy, Beat Anxiety[7]	2017	Bluebird	ISBN 978-1509857258	Andy Ramage, Ruari Fairbairns
Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health[8]	2020	Yellow Kite	ISBN 978-1529398014	Professor David Nutt
The Wine O'Clock Myth: The Truth About Women and Alcohol[9]	2006	Allen & Unwin	ISBN 978-1988547220	Lotta Dann
Quit Drinking: Understanding alcoholism, removing the addiction from your life and believing in your future sober self	2021	Wrtying Ltd	ISBN 978-1913871536	Rebecca Dolton
Sober: Football. My Story. My Life[10]	2018	Simon & Schuster UK	ISBN 978-1471156755	Tony Adams
Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions[11]	2018	Bluebird	ISBN 978-1509850860	Russell Brand
How to Quit Alcohol in 50 Days: Stop Drinking and Find Freedom[12]	2020	Sheldon Press	ISBN 978-1529357585	Simon Chapple
Easy Way to Control Alcohol[13]	2009	Arcturus	ISBN 978-0470190845	Allen Carr
The Sober Girl Society Handbook: An empowering guide to living hangover free[14]	2021	Corgi	ISBN 978-0552178655	Millie Gooch
Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir[15]	2016	SelectBooks	ISBN 978-1590793213	Lisa Smith
Alcoholics Anonymous - Big Book[16]	2002	Hazelden Distributed Titles	ISBN 978-1893007161	Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
Kick the Drink. . .Easily![17]	2011	Crown House Publishing	ISBN 978-1845903909	Jason Vale
The dry challenge : how to lose the booze for dry January, sober October, and any other alcohol-free month[18]	2020	Harper Design	ISBN 978-0062937704	Hilary Sheinbaum
Understanding the alcoholic's mind : the nature of craving and how to control it[19]	1989	Oxford University Press	ISBN 978-0195059182	Arnold M Ludwig
Seven weeks to sobriety : the proven program to fight alcoholism through nutrition[20]	1997	Ballantine Books	ISBN 9780449002599	Joan Matthews-Larson
Addiction recovery tools : a practitioner's handbook[21]	2001	SAGE	ISBN 9780761920663	Robert H Coombs
Tomorrow I'll be different : the effective way to stop drinking[22]	1993	Overlook Press	ISBN 9780879516291	Beauchamp Colclough

See also

Sobriety

References

1. WHITAKER, HOLLY (2021). QUIT LIKE A WOMAN: the radical choice to not drink in a culture obsessed with alcohol. NEW YORK: DIAL PRESS DELACORTE. ISBN 978-1-9848-2507-0. OCLC 1191212650.
2. GRACE, ANNIE (2019). THIS NAKED MIND. Place of publication not identified: HQ. ISBN 978-0-00-829346-8. OCLC 1023090576.
3. Gray, Catherine (2018). The unexpected joy of being sober journal: your intentions, your journey, your joy. ISBN 978-1-78325-308-1. OCLC 1137227025.
4. POOLEY, CLARE (2018). SOBER DIARIES: how one woman stopped drinking and started living. Place of publication not identified: CORONET Books. ISBN 978-1-4736-6190-5. OCLC 1017604130.
5. Warrington, Ruby (2020). Sober curious: the blissful sleep, greater focus, and deep connection awaiting us all on the other side of alcohol. ISBN 978-0-06-286904-3. OCLC 1201533308.
6. McKowen, Laura; hoopla digital (2020). We are the luckiest: the surprising magic of a sober life. ISBN 978-1-60868-655-1. OCLC 1164850326.
7. Ramage, Andy (2017). The 28 day alcohol-free challenge. London: Bluebird. ISBN 978-1-5098-5725-8. OCLC 1016701972.
8. Nutt, David J (2020). Drink?: the new science of alcohol + your health. ISBN 978-0-306-92384-5. OCLC 1164818549.
9. Dann, Lotta (2021). The wine o'clock myth: the truth you need to know about women & alcohol. ISBN 978-1-988547-22-0. OCLC 1230541307.
10. ADAMS, TONY (2018). SOBER: football. my story. my life. Place of publication not identified: SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD. ISBN 978-1-4711-5675-5. OCLC 1013819506.
11. Brand, Russell (2017). Recovery: freedom from our addictions. ISBN 978-1-4272-8958-2. OCLC 1004851885.
12. Chapple, Simon (2020). How to Quit Alcohol in 50 Days: Stop Drinking and Find Freedom. ISBN 978-1-5293-5758-5. OCLC 1238026382.
13. Carr, Allen (2016). The easy way to control alcohol. London: Arcturus. ISBN 978-1-84837-465-2. OCLC 951704351.
14. Gooch, Millie (2021). The sober girl society handbook: an empowering guide to living hangover-free. ISBN 978-1-78763-412-1. OCLC 1222803614.
15. Smith, Lisa F (2016). Girl walks out of a bar: a memoir. ISBN 978-1-59079-321-3. OCLC 1194632840.
16. Alcoholics Anonymous (2018). Alcoholics Anonymous: the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism. ISBN 978-1-7268-0362-5. OCLC 1101181100.
17. Vale, Jason (2011). Kick the drink-- easily!. Bancyfelin: Crown House. ISBN 978-1-84590-390-9. OCLC 706789955.
18. Sheinbaum, Hilary (2020). The dry challenge: how to lose the booze for dry January, sober October, and any other alcohol-free month. ISBN 978-0-06-293770-4. OCLC 1151531462.
19. Ludwig, Arnold M (1989). Understanding the alcoholic's mind: the nature of craving and how to control it. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-505918-2. OCLC 45747647.
20. Mathews-Larson, Joan (1997). Seven weeks to sobriety: the proven program to fight alcoholism through nutrition. New York: Fawcett Columbine. ISBN 978-0-449-00259-9. OCLC 37949521.
21. Coombs, Robert H (2001). Addiction recovery tools: a practitioner's handbook. London: SAGE. ISBN 978-0-7619-2066-3. OCLC 47900811.
22. Colclough, Beauchamp (1995). Tomorrow I'll be different: the effective way to stop drinking. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press. ISBN 978-0-87951-629-1. OCLC 34530669.