Amy Dresner is a journalist, author, and former comedian as well as a recovering addict and alcoholic. She has been a columnist for the addiction/recovery magazine theFix.com since 2012 and has freelanced for Addiction.com, Psychology Today, and many other publications. Her first book, “My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean,” was published by Hachette in 2017 to rave reviews from critics and readers alike, and is currently in development for a TV series.
Amy Desner shares a near miss that happened at 11 years sober. The medication was legitimately prescribed and the pain was real, but it still
Despite being active in her recovery, Amy Dresner had to deal with depression and suicidal ideation at more than 10 years sober.
I don’t think I’m alone when I say I struggle with boundaries. I didn’t grow up having strong boundaries modeled for me, and in my
When Amy’s Twitter account was hacked, she learned she was just as vulnerable to cons as everyone else. You might fallaciously think, as I did,
Why are pets so important to people in recovery? You might think my love for my cat Colonel Puff Puff is ridiculous. And yes, I’ve
Difficult emotional situations can trip us up in recovery, and it rarely gets more difficult than losing a parent. Amy Dresner shares the lessons she’s
Despite not being a “gamer,” I found myself drawn into gaming addiction through a harmless-appearing phone app. I always used to think that gaming addiction
Amy Dresner wrote this blog to talk about her experiences with vaping and what it was like for her to cut cold turkey during a pandemic.
As you probably heard Covid-19 is a bitch: illness, death, worldwide fear, financial insecurity (or downright poverty) and for the recovery community, relapse. So while
Despite the social distancing, the masks, the contagion paranoia, COVID-19 has brought people together. I’ve gotten random texts from people I barely know or old
Zoombombing is a new phenomenon that began during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown as zoom traffic increased. My sponsor was slated to speak at the first
Over 25 years in and out of treatment centers and programs, I’ve had a lot of friends relapse. Sometimes I think I handled it well.
Author Amy Dresner has been very open with the world about her past with sex addiction. She is now in recovery and is here to
Months ago I innocently tweeted: “I’m all down with the new sobriety/sober movement but please let’s not forget among the mocktails, the trendiness and the tees with cutesy slogans that for many of us, sobriety wasn’t a health trend, lifestyle choice or a socio-political statement but a matter of life and death.”
Amy Dresner’s memoir ‘My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean‘ is the addiction memoir everyone’s talking about. In My Fair Junkie, Amy recounts the grim places addiction to drugs, alcohol, and sex took her. I snagged some of Amy’s time to ask her a few questions about the small victories she celebrates today at 5 years sober, how her family feels about the memoir, and more.
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