You're listening to the Recovery Happy Hour where we talk about Life beyond the bottle and what happens

after we stop drinking. If you listen closely, you can hear my neighbor's dogs barking and my

dishwasher running. Thank you for joining me.

On today's episode, we've got Amy Dresner.

I have been following Amy since I read her fantastic memoir,

My Fair Junkie, in 2017, and I've always wanted to have her on the podcast but I never

asked because she's on like every podcast so I figured she'd just be tired of him by

now and there are two things I need to say about that last sentence.

One is that her memoir is freaking great.

It's hilarious, it's heart-wrenching, it's shocking,

and I personally believe that you have to find a way to laugh at life's darker moments or else you'll go crazy.

The other thing is I didn't reach out to Amy to talk about my fair junkie.

I actually reached out after she wrote an article called,

White people go to rehab, black people go to jail.

I read the article, and the stories are all told by people of color.

It's well researched, and Amy's voice really isn't a

huge part of it. You can't argue the fact that people of color are incarcerated for drug

offenses at a rate that's not proportionate to those of white people.

And if you're listening to the show right now because you want tips on recovery,

I promise you they're coming. I've got good stuff coming later on, but just listen to these statistics, okay?

For example, nonviolent black criminals stay in prison for about the same length of time as

violent white criminals.

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