{"product_id":"staying-ashley-coates-9798248674640","title":"Staying: What Came After Choosing","description":"\u003cp\u003eNothing exploded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing fell apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife just stayed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStaying: What Came After Choosing is the final book in the Still Standing series - a quiet, honest reflection on what life becomes after sobriety, after survival, after the choice has already been made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about hitting rock bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's about what happens when the noise stops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten from three years sober, this book explores the ordinary work of staying: staying present, staying honest, and staying when escape is no longer an option. These pages hold reflections on peace that once felt unfamiliar, friendships without chaos, learning to rest without guilt, choosing less, protecting time, trusting boring days, and discovering that a meaningful life doesn't need intensity to matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no instructions here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo performance of healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust the truth of what comes after choosing - when growth is subtle, days are quiet, and life becomes something you don't need to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for readers who are sober, questioning, or years into recovery; for those who survived hard seasons and are learning how to live afterward; and for anyone who needs permission to let \"enough\" be enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not the beginning of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill choosing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill staying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashley Coates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248674640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Ashley Coates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172239974655,"sku":"9798248674640","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/staying-ashley-coates-9798248674640","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}