Welcome to today’s show!

WHAT WE’LL LEARN:

• How Lisa never quite bought “the story” (in Catholicism)
• Why Lisa felt the Universe was “out to get me”
• What it was like living in the Middle East and going through a divorce
• How cinema influenced Lisa’s early substance use
• How Lisa feels Addiction Memoir is like going to a well-curated meeting
• How these books are not linear but rather a journey and the end is not neat and tidy
• What Lisa loves about these books that have helped with her recovery
• How storytelling formed the basis for Lisa’s recovery
• Why Lisa feels humility (as known in recovery circles) smacks of humiliation
• How being able to understand the self as a story was a game changer
• What Lisa recommends as the first step to begin the addiction memoir journey

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• LisaLKirchner.com
• Lisa’s article in the Fix
• Mary Karr’s Book Lit

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