Diary of an Addict: FOR ANYONE LOVING AN ADDICT—AND EVERYONE STILL FIGHTING TO BREAK FREE
About this audiobook
"They told me I was a lost cause. They didn’t know who was fighting for my soul."
A raw, gripping memoir of addiction, trauma, and redemption—written for every soul fighting to survive, and every loved one desperately trying to understand.
From the outside, it looked like a picture-perfect life: a beautiful suburban home, a loving family, and every comfort a mother could ask for. But behind closed doors, a silent, raging war was tearing everything apart. Trapped in a vicious cycle of high-functioning addiction, trauma, and hyper-vigilance, one woman found herself standing on the razor’s edge between life and death—convinced her family would be better off without her.
When a divine intervention brought her back from the brink, she was forced to face the hardest battle of all: surviving the shame of her past to claim her future.
In this unflinching, brutally honest account, you will journey through the dark corridors of addiction, trauma, and generational pain into a place of radical healing. Diary of an Addict serves as both a beacon of hope for those in the fire and a vital translator for the loved ones standing on the outside looking in.
Inside these pages, you will discover:
The Mindset of Active Addiction: Pull back the curtain on why addicts push away the people they love and why logic cannot stop a hijacked nervous system.
The Reality of Functional Addiction: Learn how trauma hides behind "normal" lives, suburban homes, and high-achieving masks.
How to Break Generational Curses: A blueprint for torching toxic loops, establishing firm boundaries, and ending the cycle of pain for good.
The Path to True Deliverance: How to navigate the painful "cocoon season" of isolation to sanitize deep emotional wounds and reclaim your life.
Whether you are personally fighting your way out of the shadows, or you love someone stranded in the grips of addiction and want to finally understand their silent war, this book offers the raw truth, compassion, and answers you’ve been searching for.
Your past does not define your destiny. The furnace didn't consume you—it prepared you.
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About the author
Desiree is a battle-tested survivor, sentry, and overcomer who walked through the inferno of high-functioning addiction, severe trauma, and prison cells to reclaim her life. Today, she writes not from a pedestal, but as a grounded guide standing firmly in her own redemption—offering a compassionate mirror for those still trapped in the fire and a vital translator for the families fighting to save them. When she isn't writing, traveling the world with her husband, or actively playing volleyball, she is enjoying the quiet triumph of watching her grown children and grandchildren thrive, unburdened by the shadows of the past.
