The Short Stacks 5: Anita Devlin//S.O.B.E.R.
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode of The Short Stacks we're joined by Anita Devlin, who co-wrote the story of her son's addiction in a joint memoir entitled S.O.B.E.R. Anita's journey through her son's (and co-author) addiction and recovery inspired her not only to write this book, but also to become an advocate and support for others dealing with the reaches of addiction. We discuss her transformation from mother to activist and to author.
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| 0:00.0 | We're back with another episode of the short stacks. |
| 0:08.8 | We're back with another episode of the Short Stacks. |
| 0:11.5 | Our shorter conversations with authors about their process and |
| 0:14.3 | their books. Today I'm joined by Anita Devlin who wrote Sober along with her son Mike |
| 0:19.5 | Devlin. Sober is a joint memoir which explores addiction and sobriety from the points of both the child addicted to drugs and the mother who is grappling with that reality. |
| 0:29.0 | As you know, the Stacks is a completely free show and if you want to help to be a part of making this show happen every week, |
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| 0:51.3 | My personal favorite is our virtual book club where we meet up to discuss |
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