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Dragons: How I Lost My Way, Met My Monster, and Learned to Stay
What if the problem was never alcohol—but what lived underneath it?
Dragons is a raw, unflinching exploration of the internal battles that shape addiction, anxiety, faith, identity, and recovery. Expanding on the emotional terrain first introduced in the memoir 2Bits, this book steps beneath the surface to examine the nervous system patterns, vigilance, fear, and silence that quietly drive self-destructive behavior long before a bottle ever appears.
Through lived experience, honest reflection, and deeply human storytelling, Tim Welch traces the hidden wiring behind relapse, shame, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, and the lifelong habit of disappearing to stay safe. Rather than offering a program or prescribing a single path to healing, Dragons invites readers into a different kind of recovery—one rooted in self-understanding, agency, and learning how to stay with yourself instead of running.
This is not a book about slaying monsters.
It’s about recognizing them.
For readers navigating addiction, anxiety, faith deconstruction, or the quiet exhaustion of holding it all together, Dragons offers a grounded, compassionate lens on healing—one that honors complexity, personal responsibility, and the courage it takes to remain present when escape is easier.
Dragons stands on its own and can be read independently of 2Bits. For readers familiar with the memoir, this book offers a deeper dive into the emotional and psychological terrain beneath the story.
Dragons is a raw, unflinching exploration of the internal battles that shape addiction, anxiety, faith, identity, and recovery. Expanding on the emotional terrain first introduced in the memoir 2Bits, this book steps beneath the surface to examine the nervous system patterns, vigilance, fear, and silence that quietly drive self-destructive behavior long before a bottle ever appears.
Through lived experience, honest reflection, and deeply human storytelling, Tim Welch traces the hidden wiring behind relapse, shame, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, and the lifelong habit of disappearing to stay safe. Rather than offering a program or prescribing a single path to healing, Dragons invites readers into a different kind of recovery—one rooted in self-understanding, agency, and learning how to stay with yourself instead of running.
This is not a book about slaying monsters.
It’s about recognizing them.
For readers navigating addiction, anxiety, faith deconstruction, or the quiet exhaustion of holding it all together, Dragons offers a grounded, compassionate lens on healing—one that honors complexity, personal responsibility, and the courage it takes to remain present when escape is easier.
Dragons stands on its own and can be read independently of 2Bits. For readers familiar with the memoir, this book offers a deeper dive into the emotional and psychological terrain beneath the story.
113 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 16, 2025
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