Addiction Resources: Read, Watch, Listen
You’re not alone. Check out these podcasts, books, and videos about addiction treatment, recovery, and loss.
Podcasts
Last Day
Host Stephanie Wittels Wachs delves into stories of survival, resilience, and transformation.
My Child & Addiction
A Parent-to-Parent Podcast, developed by three fathers whose children struggle with Substance Use Disorder.
In Recovery
Dr. Nzinga Harrison, dives into comprehensive and compassionate approaches to addiction treatment.
The Addicted Mind
Offering hope, understanding, and guidance for people dealing with addiction.
Dopey
A podcast about the dark comedy of drug addiction and recovery.
Addiction Unlimited
Coaching strategies and guest interviews giving you a step-by-step action plan on how to live sober and happy.
Recovery Rocks
Lisa Smith and Tawny Lara, share their perspectives on addiction through discussions about common issues impacting those who struggle and recover.
High Truths
Dr. Roneet Lev delivers expert insights every Monday, answering audience questions and bringing a dose of High Truths to your day.
Confident Sober Women
Shelby John shares insights into navigating sobriety, the awakening of the brain, and the journey of self-discovery in recovery
This Naked Mind
Annie Grace and guests dive into the role of alcohol in their lives, offering honest stories of freedom and regained control without judgment.
Books
Beautiful Boy
A father's journey through his son's addiction.
Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful
A memoir that delves into addiction, grief recovery, and healing after loss.
American Fix
Inside the opioid addiction crisis ― and how to end it.
Dopesick
Dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America.
Dreamland
The true tale of America's opiate epidemic.
Unbroken Brain
A revolutionary new way of understanding addiction.
Clean
Overcoming addiction and ending America's greatest tragedy.
Chasing the Scream
The first and last days of the war on drugs.
Lifelines
A doctor's journey in the fight for public health.
Pops
A personal exploration of fatherhood, addiction, and resiliency.
Dear William
A father's memoir of addiction, recovery, love, and loss.
Raising Lazarus:
Hope, justice, and the future of America’s overdose crisis.
You Are Not Alone
The NAMI guide to navigating mental health ― with advice from experts and wisdom from real people and families.
Go Ask Alice
A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this cautionary tale.
I triumphed
Four components of a Mental Health Warrior, accompanied by real-life examples, that show how you can integrate them into your life.
Un-Addiction
6 mind-changing conversations that could save a life.
Videos
Shatterproof Speaker Series
Interviews with people who are working hard to reverse the addiction crisis.
Addiction Policy Forum
A nationwide nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating addiction as a major health problem.
Addiction and the Brain
An explanation of the three stages that lead to chronic drug use.
Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong
Johann Hari shares surprising and hopeful perspectives on overcoming addiction.
TV and Film
Mare of Easttown
Mare Sheehan, a cop grappling with personal loss and a chaotic household, strives to solve a cold missing persons case and the slaying of a teen girl.
The Crime of the Century
Alex Gibney explores the origins, extent and fallout of one of the most devastating public health tragedies of our time.
Crisis
A DEA agent, a school professor, and a grieving woman find their worlds colliding as a drug trafficker arranges a fentanyl smuggling operation.
Gateway
Three families find themselves inadvertently impacted by opioid addiction that began with a prescription to manage pain after surgery.
Euphoria
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma and social media.
Sharp Objects
A journalist with a history of psychiatric issues who returns to her rural hometown to cover the apparent murders of two preteen girls.
In Treatment
The intimate confines of psychotherapy sessions are seen from the perspective of a therapist and individual patients.
I May Destroy You
After being spiked with a date-rape drug, Arabella is compelled to reevaluate and reconstruct every aspect of her existence.
Hooked
The story of Jackson Scott Conroy: His battle with addiction and his family's struggle to help him.