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Sobriety Was Supposed to Fix Everything. It Didn’t. In What Now? The Realities of Life After Addiction, Mike Allen delivers an honest addiction memoir about life beyond addiction and the unsettling truth that comes with long-term sobriety. After two decades of alcoholism, relapse, and self-destruction, he finally achieves recovery from alcohol abuse. But instead of instant peace, he faces early sobriety struggles, emotional sobriety, identity after alcoholism, and the quiet weight of responsibility.

This isn’t your typical recovery memoir. In Not Another Recovery Success Story (Or Is It?), Mike Allen offers a raw, unfiltered look at his decades-long battle with alcoholism, mental illness, and the crushing weight of an identity crisis. With brutal honesty and dark humor, Allen explores how his addiction wasn’t just about alcohol—it was about trying to fill the void of not knowing who he really was.

On the morning of September 26, 1974, the body of Fern Cowen Rodgers was discovered on the floor of her home in Searcy, Arkansas. The 68-year-old socialite was murdered, sometime in the night, by two bullets fired into her head.

This book is a true and factual story of my mother and father, the parents of 15 children. All of their children are named herein along with their grandchildren. This is their story, which is dedicated to their memory and their legacy.