Substance Abuse


Crank (Crank, #1)
Go Ask Alice
Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Sunny Side Up (Sunny #1)
Cornered Coyote (Coyote #3)
The Girl on the Train
A Million Little Pieces
Demon Copperhead
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
Glass (Crank, #2)
The Glass Castle
I’m Glad My Mom Died
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Love of the Egoist by Nero SealAuctioned by Cara DeeOne Man's Trash by Marie SextonThe Freshman by Louise  CollinsExhale by Joel Abernathy
M/M Dark|Edgy Books 2018
21 books — 29 voters

Feel My Pain by K.A. MerikanKing of the Dark by Ariana NashWhere the Devil Says Goodnight by K.A. MerikanThe Traitor and the Fighter by Alice  WintersCrimson Painted Snow by Brea Alepoú
M/M Dark|Edgy Books 2020
18 books — 21 voters
Secrets & Lies by Nicky JamesGilded Cages by R. PhoenixStranded by Cara DeeAntidote by Jack L. PykeThe Mortal Sleep by Gregory Ashe
M/M Dark|Edgy Books 2019
19 books — 22 voters

Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud by Scott   StevensGarbage Bag Suitcase by Shenandoah ChefaloThis Childhood of Mine by Laura Meer BarkleyA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Social Work/Human Service Books
272 books — 106 voters
Headcase by Onley JamesBig Brother's Little Caregiver by Rhett BlueBad Wrong Things by C.P.  HarrisReal Brotherly Loving by Rhett BlueMy Virgin Butt for My Big Brother by Rhett Blue
M/M Dark|Edgy Books 2022
20 books — 11 voters

Randolph M. Nesse
Criminalization and interdiction have filled prisons and corrupted governments in country after country. However, increasingly potent drugs that can be synthetized in any basement make controlling access increasingly impossible. Legalization seems like a good idea but causes more addiction. Our strongest defense is likely to be education, but scare stories make kids want to try drugs. Every child should learn that drugs take over the brain and turn some people into miserable zombies and that we ...more
Randolph M. Nesse, Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry

Criss Jami
An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.
Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

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