A Million Little Pieces is written in a very different style from the previous book we discussed in our Boom Club, Dry by Augusten Burroughs. It’s not the kind of writing that easily lends itself to pulling inspiring quotes, but when I started reading A Million Little Pieces again, 9 years after my first reading, I immediately remembered how powerfully James Frey’s writing style had affected me in my first month sober. It was like returning to an old friend who had been there for me when I needed them most.
When I started reading A Million Little Pieces for the first time I was 10 days sober. I needed all the help I could get to stay sober at that point. I needed a constant feed of the right words spoken at the right moment in the right way and this book was that for me in back in 2015. James Frey’s writing style was so clean and straightforward it just pulled me in and let me get lost in the story which is exactly what I needed. I needed to get lost in someone else’s story of addiction and I needed to get lost in feeling inspired by their recovery.
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Join us in our Boom Rethink the Drink Community Book Club for a discussion of A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.
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- The Controversy – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #1
- Breaking Down The Stereotypes – The Difference Between Denial and Overwhelm – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #2
- The Right Words at the Right Moment Spoken in the Right Way – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #3
- Trauma and Holding On – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #4
- Sensationalism and Authenticity – A Million Little Pieces Discussion post #5
- Breaking the Rules and Finding the Way – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #6
- God and The Forest – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #7
- Finding Family – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #8
- The Fury and Understanding My Own Pathology – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #9
- The Hunger – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #10
- Acceptance – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #11
- Love of Life– A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #12
- Rejecting “normal” – A Million Little Pieces Discussion post #13
- Confronting our Fears – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #14
- Second Chances – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #15
- Goodbyes and Moving Forward without the Fury – A Million Little Pieces Discussion Post #16
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- The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
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- Blackout – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- Chasing the Scream – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- Untamed – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- Push Off From Here – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- Staying Sober Without AA – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts – A Boom Community Book Club Discussion
- The Biology of Desire – A Boom Community Book Club
- Dry – A Boom Community Book Club Discussion
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