Erica C. Barnett, QUITTER: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery

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🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Journalist Erica C. Barnett joins Zibby to discuss her debut memoir, Quitter, about her recovery from alcoholism. The two talk about the connection between addictions and other forms of maladaptive behaviors, how progress starts when you give yourself achievable goals, and why Erica is not a writer who likes to write. Erica also shares how relapsing taught her to stop seeing herself as a failure, as well as why she has no regrets after publishing this book.

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2:03.4	Erica C. Barnett is the author of Quitter, a memoir of drinking, relapse, and recovery.
2:08.5	And I definitely talked a bit too much about myself in this episode, so forgive me.
2:13.0	Erica C. Barnett is an award-winning political reporter. She started her career at the Texas Observer
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