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Still Standing: The Whole Story: From Chaos and Silence to Sobriety, Friendship, and a Life Worth Staying In
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ISBN13: 9798255377404
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 7 2026
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 7 2026
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Nothing about her life looked like a problem. She went to work.
She showed up.
She did what she was supposed to do. From the outside, everything looked normal. But behind the routine... something was slowly changing. Nights began to blur.
Mornings came with missing pieces.
She showed up.
She did what she was supposed to do. From the outside, everything looked normal. But behind the routine... something was slowly changing. Nights began to blur.
Mornings came with missing pieces.
And the version of her life she thought she was in control of started slipping further away. Still Standing: The Whole Story is a raw and honest memoir about what it means to lose yourself quietly-and what it takes to come back. Through unfiltered moments of chaos, silence, and survival, Ashley Coates shares the reality of living a life that looks fine on the outside while unraveling underneath. This isn't just a story about alcohol. It's about the things we don't talk about.
The silence we carry.
The moments that change us.
And the ways we learn to cope when we don't yet know how to heal. From blackouts and unanswered questions...
To trauma, survival, and the long, quiet process of learning to stay- This book walks through what recovery actually looks like. Not perfect.
Not linear.
But real. At the heart of this story is something deeper than sobriety. It's about friendship that doesn't leave.
It's about choosing to stay in your life when everything in you wants to escape.
It's about rebuilding something steady, one day at a time. And eventually... 1,000 days of choosing differently. If you've ever felt lost inside your own life,
if you've ever looked okay while struggling underneath,
or if you're trying to find your way back to yourself- This story will stay with you. Because in the end, this isn't just a story about surviving. It's about learning how to live. Perfect for readers of addiction recovery, mental health, and personal transformation memoirs, Still Standing offers a deeply relatable and powerful look at what it means to reclaim your life-one day at a time.
The silence we carry.
The moments that change us.
And the ways we learn to cope when we don't yet know how to heal. From blackouts and unanswered questions...
To trauma, survival, and the long, quiet process of learning to stay- This book walks through what recovery actually looks like. Not perfect.
Not linear.
But real. At the heart of this story is something deeper than sobriety. It's about friendship that doesn't leave.
It's about choosing to stay in your life when everything in you wants to escape.
It's about rebuilding something steady, one day at a time. And eventually... 1,000 days of choosing differently. If you've ever felt lost inside your own life,
if you've ever looked okay while struggling underneath,
or if you're trying to find your way back to yourself- This story will stay with you. Because in the end, this isn't just a story about surviving. It's about learning how to live. Perfect for readers of addiction recovery, mental health, and personal transformation memoirs, Still Standing offers a deeply relatable and powerful look at what it means to reclaim your life-one day at a time.
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