Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Addiction Recovery
David Craft · 2018
44/100
👎 Skip It
Addiction is a topic where bad guidance costs lives, and this is a self-published 2-in-1 bundle from a pen name with no verifiable credentials, no clinical review, and one Goodreads rating in seven years. The content recycles familiar recovery talking points across 400 pages. If you or someone you love needs this help, start with SAMHSA's free helpline (1-800-662-4357) or a book by an actual clinician. Skip this one — not because it's malicious, but because the stakes are too high for anonymous advice.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: uncredentialed-health-guidance. We still scored it 44; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety50
substance45
craft40
originality35
accuracy50
Penny’s verdict44
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