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  Publication Date:  April 6, 2021 Format:  Hardcover Genre:   Addiction/Recovery/memoir Publisher: Gallery Books                               Length:  272 pages Buy:  Hardcover  |  Kindle  Synopsis When he was two years old, Hunter Biden was badly injured in a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister. In 2015, he suffered the devastating loss of his beloved big brother, Beau, who died of brain cancer at the age of forty-six. These hardships were compounded by the collapse of his marriage and a years-long battle with drug and alcohol addiction. In  Beautiful Things,  Hunter recounts his descent into substance abuse and his tortuous path to sobriety. The story ends with where Hunter is today—a sober married man with a new baby, finally able to appreciate the beautiful things in life. Review:  I didn't know that much about Hunter Biden bef...

Release Date:  October 3, 2017 Publisher:  MacMillan Audio Format:  Audio Length:  7 hours 50 minutes Narrator:  Russell Brand Genre:  addiction Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle   Synopsis:  "This manual for self-realization comes not from a mountain but from the mud.... My qualification is not that I am better than you but I am worse." (Russell Brand) With a rare mix of honesty, humor, and compassion, comedian and movie star Russell Brand mines his own wild story and shares the advice and wisdom he has gained through his 14 years of recovery. Brand speaks to those suffering along the full spectrum of addiction - from drugs, alcohol, caffeine, and sugar addictions to addictions to work, stress, bad relationships, digital media, and fame. Brand understands that addiction can take many shapes and sizes and how the process of staying clean, sane, and unhooked is a daily activity. He believes that the question is not "why are you ad...