For years, I was the guy who loved a party and never knew when to stop. What started as having fun with my mates eventually became an addiction I couldn’t control. After a near-fatal seizure in 2023, I finally got sober and began the long process of understanding my addiction and rebuilding my life. Since then, I’ve become passionate about showing people that there’s a better life waiting for them on the other side of addiction. These books resonated with different parts of my own journey, from understanding how to change the habits that were destroying me to genuinely enjoying being sober. I hope they help others see that there’s life after addiction too.
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Tin Man
By
Davey Lloyd,
What is my book about?
After a near-fatal overdose left him fighting for his life, The Bachelorette Australia star Davey Lloyd knew he'd run out…
Anthony Kiedis is brutally honest about the highs and lows of fame, addiction, and trying to get clean. What really hit me was how addiction could keep dragging him back in even when he knew exactly how much damage it was causing. I know that feeling of thinking you’re in control while your life is slowly falling apart around you.
This book helped me understand that recovery is about continuing to choose a better life, even when it feels hard and messy, and believing you’re capable of becoming more than the person you were at your lowest.
In SCAR TISSUE Anthony Kiedis, charismatic and highly articulate frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, recounts his remarkable life story, and the history of the band itself.
Raised in the Midwest, he moved to LA aged eleven to live with his father Blackie, purveyor of pills, pot, and cocaine to the Hollywood elite. After a brief child-acting career, Kiedis dropped out of U.C.L.A. and plunged headfirst into the demimonde of the L.A. underground music scene. He formed the band with three schoolfriends - and found his life's purpose. Crisscrossing the country, the Chili Peppers were musical innovators and influenced…
This isn’t a book about addiction, but it had a massive impact on the way I approached recovery.
James Clear believes changing your life doesn’t happen with one huge decision, but through the small choices you make every day. Getting sober was one big decision for me, but staying sober meant completely changing my routines and building habits that supported the person I wanted to become.
Working with my life coach, journalling, surfing, training, and taking time to sit with my thoughts might seem like small things on their own, but together they helped me rebuild my life. This book taught me to stop relying on motivation and start creating a routine that made it easier to keep moving forward even on days when I didn’t feel like it.
The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 4 million copies sold!
Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the…
This is an inspiring book from an experience of understanding. A journey through child abuse, bullying, and abandonment to being a successful businesswoman. Life isn't always easy, but the path travelled in this book is inspiring and aspirational for those who struggle with their past life, mental illness, and addiction—linking…
I used to think having a positive attitude meant being one of those people who pretend everything is amazing even when their life is falling apart. The PMA Effect gave me a different perspective.
John Joseph has been through some incredibly dark experiences, so when he talks about positivity, it doesn’t come from a place of having had an easy life. It’s about what you do with the shit that happens to you and refusing to let your worst experiences define the rest of your life. That really hit home.
I can’t change the years I lost to addiction or the damage I caused along the way, but I can decide what I do with those experiences now. For me, that’s what positive mental attitude is really about.
The PMA Effect
By
John Joseph,
What is this book about?
Stuck in a rut? Lack the discipline to accomplish your goals? Always find yourself waving the white flag in surrender? Having a string of sh*tty days, weeks, months, maybe even years? If you answered yes to any of those then this is the book you've been waiting for. The PMA Effect teaches the methods for achieving your goals, no matter how high you set the bar, it comes down to one vital principle: Developing a Positive Mindset. Change your mindset, change your life. PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) can sustain you through any difficult circumstances. You'll learn to deal with stress…
I really connected with The Power of Your Subconscious Mind because so much of my recovery has been about changing the story I tell myself.
For years, I’d convinced myself that partying was just who I was and that I couldn’t change, and eventually I started believing my own bullshit. Joseph Murphy’s message about the power of our thoughts and beliefs made me realise how much those stories can shape the way we live.
Getting sober meant replacing “I can’t” with “I can” and starting to believe I was capable of becoming a completely different version of myself. This book reinforced something I’ve learnt through recovery: changing your life also means changing the beliefs about yourself that have been holding you back.
In The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Dr. Joseph Murphy gives you the tools you will need to unlock the awesome powers of your subconscious mind. You can improve your relationships, your finances, your physical well-being. Once you learn how to use this unbelievably powerful force there is nothing you will not be able to accomplish. Join the millions of people who have already unlocked the power of their subconscious minds. I urge you to study this book and apply the techniques outlined therein; and as you do, I feel absolutely convinced that you will lay hold of a miracle-working…
Reclaim your time and energy! Uncover actionable, sustainable strategies to boost productivity, prevent burnout, and achieve your goals—whether you're an individual contributor, team member, or leader. Today’s “always on” environment creates disengaged employees, stressed managers, and turnover-prone executives. But these challenges can become growth opportunities.
I connected with Matthew McConaughey’s way of looking at the shit life throws at you.
He says we should look at what the bad moments are trying to teach us and how even the red lights can eventually lead somewhere worthwhile. That resonated with me because some of the darkest moments in my life ended up forcing me to change in ways I never would have when things were comfortable.
Greenlights reminded me that you can’t always control what happens to you, but you can control what you do with it, and sometimes the worst experiences can become the ones you grow from most.
From the Academy Award (R)-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less.…
After a near-fatal overdose left him fighting for his life, The Bachelorette Australia star Davey Lloyd knew he'd run out of chances. Pulling himself back from the brink of self-destruction, Davey forged his own path to recovery by embracing sobriety, finding purpose, and building a life he finally wanted to live.
More than a story of hitting rock bottom, Tin Man is a practical eight-step roadmap for anyone looking to break free from addiction. Complete with guided journal prompts and practical exercises, it invites readers to embark on a transformation of their own.
The Animal in the Mirror is a wake-up call to your higher self. Why do we keep reacting, fearing, and repeating the same patterns—no matter how much we know better? Because beneath our thoughts and emotions still lives the animal within: the ancient survival instinct that once kept us alive…
Twenty One Summers explores the amount of time we have in life, the goals we hope to achieve, and the blind spots that often unknowingly keep us from reaching them.
It is a guidebook, a pathway, or a way of living that offers valuable insights. Inspiring readers to take the…
