On Addiction and Recovery

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

“I didn't think that anybody thought or felt or experienced the world the way that I did until I came into recovery,” Bill Clegg tells our chief content officer, Elise Loehnen. Clegg is the author of two harrowing, poignant memoirs: Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days. (He’s also a novelist—read Did You Ever Have a Family—and one of the most respected literary agents in publishing.) Clegg doesn’t often talk about his experience with addiction and recovery these days, which makes today’s conversation feel all the more intimate. Whether or not you recognize some piece of his story as your own or as belonging to someone you love, it’s a conversation that will stick with you. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm WinifPaltrow and you're listening to the Goop podcast.
0:10.8	Thanks for joining us.
0:12.8	If this is your first time, here's what you can expect.
0:16.3	Every Thursday and a bunch of Tuesdays coming up, Goop editors will be sitting down with
0:20.7	thought leaders who are pushing boundaries in their fields.
0:24.0	We'll talk to doctors, creatives, CEOs, and relationship experts.
0:29.0	You'll hear me interviewing some of the people I admire most in this world, and you'll
0:33.2	also hear a lot from my chief content officer at Goop Elise Loonon.
0:37.4	I love listening to Elise's interviews because she asks the smartest questions and really
0:41.8	just listens.
0:43.8	I'm excited for you guys to hear Elise's conversation with Bill Clegg today.
0:48.6	Bill is one of the most respected literary agents in New York, as well as a very talented
0:53.3	writer himself.
0:54.6	His latest book is a novel called, Did You Ever Have a Family?
0:58.1	Which was long listed for the National Book Award?
1:01.0	And the Man Book Award?
1:02.8	Their conversation today, though, was about his two poignant, best-selling memoirs for
1:06.7	many years ago, Portrait of Anatect as a Young Man, and 90 Days.
1:11.9	Bill doesn't talk a ton about his memoirs and his experience with addiction these days,
1:15.8	so we were especially grateful that he said yes to this podcast.
1:19.9	It's such an honest, intimate, and just simply moving conversation.
1:24.4	Whether or not you've experienced addiction yourself or in your family or with a friend,
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