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Category: Memoir

Lesson 9: Expect the Unexpected

Lesson 9: Expect the Unexpected

Feeling solidly high from my steady dose of daily narcotics, I stood up with just my thong, high heels and blouse on. All part of the KO tease, of course.

Published 8 February 2021
Categorised as MemoirTagged bodybuilding, book excerpt, diet culture, Features, kortney olson, memoir, power, self-love

The Least Secretive Life

The Least Secretive Life

I felt grateful that my therapist had given me a complete apology. Yet mending our broken bond was still complicated. The real problem with forgiving: what comes next? 

Published 19 January 2021
Categorised as MemoirTagged book excerpt, Features, forgiveness, memoir, mental health, relationships, susan shapiro, therapy

Seconds and Inches

Seconds and Inches

At night before I passed out, I would beg God to not let me wake up. And when I did, I felt betrayed.

Published 4 September 2020
Categorised as MemoirTagged AA, book, carly israel, excerpt, family, Features, ketamine, memoir

New Memoir Explores How Recovery Is Like Remodeling a House

New Memoir Explores How Recovery Is Like Remodeling a House

After putting herself and her family through years of hell, Hope Andersen found the faith to put her life back together.

Published 17 August 2020
Categorised as MemoirTagged bipolar disorder, Features, memoir, mental health, new book, writing

My Daughter / Myself

My Daughter / Myself

I would spend a decade trying to reconcile two feelings: complete hatred for the stranger who was living in my daughter’s body and total surrender to my love for her.

Published 10 June 2020
Categorised as MemoirTagged addicted daughter, book excerpt, family, Features, loss, marilea c. rabasa, memoir, motherhood

News Anchor Courtney Friel on Life as a Party Girl, Recovery, and Sobriety

News Anchor Courtney Friel on Life as a Party Girl, Recovery, and Sobriety

While I was the newsreader on Fox & Friends Weekend, I was primarily concerned about making sure my cocaine was lined up before I went out drinking.

Published 6 April 2020
Categorised as MemoirTagged book excerpt, celebrities in recovery, courtney friel, drunkalogue, Features, fox and friends, memoir

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