Available May 4, 2027
The Afterparty
An Open Invitation to Sobriety
A memoir about addiction, identity, queer life, mental health, and the unexpected joy of finding your way back to yourself.
“A comprehensive and compassionate guide to recovery. Brian’s story is one you won't forget and his advice is clear-eyed and kind in equal measure.”
Malala YousafzaiNew York Times bestselling author of I Am Malala and Finding My WayIn print, ebook, and audiobook formats
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A first look at the cover, the story behind the book, and the possibilities of a life without alcohol.
Read the exclusive feature“I wanted The Afterparty to focus instead on what can come back to you: your time, your curiosity, your relationships, your creativity and a clearer sense of who you are.”
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Book details
Come as you are
- Author
- Brian Larson
- Publication date
- May 4, 2027
- Publisher
- Broadleaf Books
- ISBN
- 9798341902596
- Formats
- Print, ebook, and audiobook
- Category
- Memoir
The Afterparty is a candid, compassionate, and refreshingly funny memoir about what happens after you stop drinking and begin meeting yourself without the buffer.
Brian Larson entered sobriety hoping for clarity, control, and an uncomplicated fresh start. What he found was something messier and more meaningful: grief, mental health questions, shifting relationships, unexpected joy, and the chance to reconstruct a life around who he actually was.
Writing from his experience as a gay man who did not always see himself reflected in traditional recovery narratives, Brian explores the unglamorous, tender, and occasionally absurd realities of life after alcohol. The result is neither a rigid recovery program nor a celebration of perfection. It is an open invitation to anyone who is sober, sober-curious, or wondering whether life could feel different.
For readers
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The Afterparty invites conversations about identity, alcohol, friendship, mental health, intimacy, and the stories we inherit about what makes a life fun or meaningful.
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