Tiffany Jenkins, A CLEAN MESS: A Memoir of Sobriety After a Lifetime of Being Numb
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Zibby chats with bestselling author Tiffany Jenkins about her raw and unflinchingly honest new memoir, A CLEAN MESS: A Memoir of Sobriety After a Lifetime of Being Numb. Tiffany delves into the challenges of early sobriety, reentering society after incarceration, navigating a volatile marriage, and confronting postpartum depression. She thanks the woman who first hired her after she was released from jail, emphasizing how vital second chances are to those in recovery—her dad’s unwavering support saved her life! Finally, they touch on Tiffany’s rapid rise to internet fame and discuss her plans to pivot toward helping others in recovery.
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| 1:17.0 | Tiffany Jenkins is the author of A Clean Mess, a memoir of sobriety after a lifetime of being numb. |
| 1:23.3 | I could not put this book down, by the way. So good. Tiffany Jenkins is also the best-selling |
| 1:28.3 | author of High Achiever. She uses her platform to help and inspire others who are struggling |
| 1:33.2 | with motherhood, mental health, addiction, and those who just need a good laugh. She speaks |
| 1:37.7 | frequently about addiction and recovery. She lives with her family in Sarasota, Florida. Her |
| 1:42.8 | latest book is a clean mess. Welcome, Tiffany. Thank you so much for coming on totally booked with Zibby to talk about a clean mess, a memoir of sobriety after a lifetime of being numb. Congrats. Thank you so much. I'm excited to be here. Tiffany, I am obsessed with your book. I read it in two sittings, one of which was deep into the night. I could not put it down. I couldn't put it down. I just couldn't. And then as I was reading it, I was like, what is she doing? That's so amazing. Why can I not put this book down? I read books all the time. But I just couldn't, I couldn't put it down. Oh my goodness. I can't explain what a great compliment that is for me because I have the attention span of a gnat, which keeps me from sitting down to read books as much as I'd like. So hearing that feedback means a lot to me. I guess that's why I write it that way, maybe. I write it how I would want to read it. |
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