March 8th is International Women’s Day, and regardless of your gender, it’s the perfect time to celebrate women making waves in the addiction recovery world.
Amanda S. is a Michigan-based Recovery Advocate for medication assisted treatment, substance use disorder, mental health and chronic pain. She is in long term recovery and uses her story to help others.
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.
Addiction and alcoholism is insanity, and attempting to “manage it” is like swimming with sharks and trying to talk them out of becoming their lunch. Sharks don’t bargain; they just eat.
It’s really easy to quit drinking. It’s the staying quit that’s the struggle.