The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller from Russell Brand. ''This is the age of addiction, a condition so epidemic, so all encompassing and ubiquitous that unless you are fortunate enough to be an extreme case, you probably don''t know that you have it. What unhealthy habits and attachments are holding your life together? Are you unconsciously dependent on food? Bad relationships? A job that doesn''t fulfill you? Numb, constant perusal of your phone, looking for what? My qualification for writing this book is not that I am better than you, it''s that I am worse. I am an addict, addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, money, love and fame.'' The program in Recovery has given Russell Brand freedom from all addictions and it will do the same for you. This system offers nothing less than liberation from self-centredness, a new perspective, freedom from the illusion of suffering for anyone who is willing to take the necessary steps. ''It feels wrong to say it is an addictive read, given the subject, but it really is. Russell doesn''t just want to save our souls he wants to entertain us on the way.'' - Matt Haig, author of Reasons to Stay Alive ''Recovery should be read by the world'' - Ruby Wax

Russell Brand's book may be based on recovery from addictions including drugs, alcohol and fame but it also takes a look at those who may be addicted to their phones and the possible reasons why. It's a look at ways to break free from whatever your addiction is, and not to be bound by it whether that's to look the best you can all the time or whether your life is putting everything on Instagram

Vorwort
'This book is not just about extremists like me. This is a book about you.'

Autorentext

Russell Brand is a comedian, actor, bestselling author, activist and an addict.

He's been addicted to drugs, sex, fame, money and power. Even now as a father many years into recovery, he still writes about himself in the third person and that can't be healthy.

Russell still performs as a comic and is the host of podcasts Under the Skin, Above the Noise and Football is Nice. He has two cats, a dog, a wife, two children, ten chickens and 60,000 bees in spite of being vegan curious. He is certain that the material world is an illusion but still keeps licking the walls of the hologram.

Russell is the author of Recovery, Recovery: The Workbook, Mentors and more.

Klappentext

The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller This is the age of addiction, a condition so epidemic, so all encompassing and ubiquitous that unless you are fortunate enough to be an extreme case, you probably don't know that you have it. What unhealthy habits and attachments are holding your life together? Are you unconsciously dependent on food? Bad relationships? A job that doesn't fulfill you? Numb, constant perusal of your phone, looking for what? My qualification for writing this book is not that I am better than you, it's that I am worse. I am an addict, addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, money, love and fame.

The program in Recovery has given Russell Brand freedom from all addictions and it will do the same for you.

This system offers nothing less than liberation from self-centredness, a new perspective, freedom from the illusion of suffering for anyone who is willing to take the necessary steps.

Zusammenfassung
'This book is not just about extremists like me. This is a book about you.'

Inhalt

Section - 1: Part One Introduction - 1: Foreword Chapter - 1: Are you a bit fcked? Chapter - 2: Could you not be fcked? Chapter - 3: Are you, on your own, going to 'unfck' yourself? Chapter - 4: Write down all the things that are fcking you up or have ever fcked you up and don't lie, or leave anything out Chapter - 5: Honestly tell someone trustworthy about how fcked you are Chapter - 6: Well that's revealed a lot of fcked up patterns. Do you want to stop it? Seriously? Chapter - 7: Are you willing to live in a new way that's not at all about you and your previous, fcked up stuff? You have to Chapter - 8: Prepare to apologize to everyone for everything affected by your being so fcked up Chapter - 9: Now apologize. Unless that would make things worse Chapter - 10: Watch out for fcked up thinking and behaviour and be honest when it happens Chapter - 11: Stay connected to your new perspective Chapter - 12: Look at life less selfishly, be nice to everyone, help people if you can Chapter - 13: The Birth Chapter - 14: Conclusion Section - 2: Part Two Chapter - 1: How to live it: The Exercises Chapter - 2: Endnote Chapter - 3: Afterword Chapter - 4: Resources Acknowledgements - 5: Acknowledgements