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SOBER CONFIDENTIAL: ONE OF THE RAWEST QUIT LIT MEMOIRS OF ITS GENERATION. THE STORY OF HOW ONE MAN LOST EVERYTHING AND FOUND PARADISE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SOBRIETY. A high-functioning alcoholic memoir about grief, faith, neuroplasticity, father wounds, asymmetrical recovery, and the long road back from rock bottom. Pop Buchanan, the Sober Is Dope Founder, host of the top-rated Sober Is Dope podcast, and a defining voice in modern recovery, finally steps out from behind the brand to tell his unfiltered truth. For thirteen years, Pop has been the Sober Architect, helping hundreds of thousands heal through the science of the sober brain and neuroplasticity. This book is different. This is the man behind the movement. Sober Confidential is a raw, multidimensional high-functioning alcoholic memoir that begins in a Fort Greene brownstone and ends with a literal house fire, a frozen Brooklyn sidewalk, and a spiritual awakening after rock bottom. Built from real questions asked by Pop's global community, each chapter is a doorway into who he was, who he lost, and who he became. In these pages, you will meet: - The Child. A boy in Brooklyn who saw a star in his bedroom and prayed for Jesus in a dark kitchen on Christmas Day. - The Loss. A thirteen-year-old who lost his father and carried that silence into adulthood. - The Illusion. A high-functioning real estate dealmaker in Fort Greene who was eroding from the inside. - The Collapse. The addict who lost it all and heard the voice of God on a winter sidewalk. - The Founder. The man thirteen years later still learning how to love, heal, and stay sober. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR If you have read This Naked Mind by Annie Grace, Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker, Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp, or the work of Gabor Maté, this is your next great voice in quit lit. This book is for: - People struggling with alcohol, weed, or substance misuse - The sober curious - Men and women in recovery - Couples navigating asymmetrical recovery - Families affected by addiction - Readers searching for spirituality, faith, and nervous system healing inside recovery WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK DIFFERENT This is multidimensional quit lit. It bridges neuroplasticity, addiction recovery, nervous system regulation, grief, spirituality, Brooklyn culture, and the psychology of collapse. WHAT YOU WILL WALK AWAY WITH - Language for what addiction feels like in the body and mind - Clarity on how collapse happens slowly, then suddenly - Forgiveness for yourself and others - The understanding that paradise exists on the other side of sobriety From the founder of Sober Is Dope. The conversation begins here.

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Pop Buchanan is the founder of Sober Is Dope, host of the Sober Is Dope podcast, and founder of POPR Technologies Inc. As of 2026, he is thirteen years sober and has helped over half a million people through his work in addiction recovery, mental health, and the science of the sober brain. He has published more than ten books on recovery, identity, and rebuilding the self.When he is not writing or building, Pop works as a direct support professional for disabled adults on Long Island, where he keeps his service work close to the ground. He lives in Manhattan with his partner, Jen, and stays close to his mother and family.To learn more about Pop and his work, visit soberisdopebooks.com.

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