125: My Life With Joe Walsh an Interview With Kristin Casey
Soberful
Veronica Valli
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Kristen Casey is a true survivor. In this honest and frank conversation, Kristin discusses her relationship with Eagles Legend Joe Walsh and how their love was destroyed by their addiction. Kristen saved her own life by getting sober and now helps others.
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| 0:00.0 | I dreamt that you were twisting through seven suns of gold and the gypsy was insisting |
| 0:10.1 | that his story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning that you might be a treasure. |
| 0:22.4 | I could touch but never hold. |
| 0:27.6 | So welcome everybody to this week's Soberful podcast episode. |
| 0:33.3 | I really have a very interesting interview for you guys today. |
| 0:37.1 | I think you're going to get a lot out of it. |
| 0:39.1 | I want to welcome Kristen Casey to the podcast. Welcome, Kristen. Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 0:44.9 | I'm really excited to be here. I just love your podcast. I love all your work. Oh, you're so sweet. |
| 0:49.6 | Thank you. Well, I've been reading your book, so right back at you. It's a really amazing read. |
| 0:54.7 | So I'm going to read a little bit about Kristen's bio because that'll give you. Well, I've been reading your book, so right back at you. It's a really amazing read. So I'm going to read a little bit about Kristen's bio, because that'll give you an idea of why she's here and |
| 1:00.4 | the story she's going to tell. Kristen is a writer and recovered alcoholic and addict. Her memoir, |
| 1:06.7 | Rock Monster, My Life with Joe Walsh, documents their tumultuous six-year relationship and drug-fueled |
| 1:12.7 | train wreck breakup. She has survived numerous addiction, suicide attempts, clinical depression, |
| 1:18.6 | Catholicism, and the panhandle of Texas. Well, I'm going to tell you about what she does later on |
| 1:23.5 | where it all ended up, but the book is pretty amazing. I've been working my way through it. |
| 1:28.5 | Joe Walsh, of course, is the guitarist in The Eagles. A few of you may have heard of that band. |
| 1:34.8 | And Kristen was his girlfriend for a few years and was right there in the thick of, I guess it's |
| 1:42.5 | that whole image of sex, drugs and rock and roll that everyone |
| 1:45.5 | imagines. You lived that. Yes. It's so cliche, but really that was my life. It just |
| 1:51.6 | it sums it up really well. And my story with Joe is a love story too. I mean, we really were |
| 1:57.3 | very much in love, but it's also a classic tale of a very dysfunctional |
| 2:01.3 | relationship. So you can be in love and also just be completely incompatible and terrible |
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