Edgy, Cool and Tortured
Edgy, Cool and Tortured

Addicted to Recovery: The Interactive Memoir

Tara Boyce shares her journey from chasing an 'edgy' image to battling addiction and finding recovery.

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35:06•27 Jan 2022

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Addicted to Recovery: The Interactive Memoir

Tara Boyce

Warning: This might be hard to hear. It was hard to LIVE. Having an honest dialogue about what active addiction was like isn’t pretty, but I’m hoping that even if you come for the train wreck you’ll stay for the recovery conversation. Settle in for notes from the thick of two decades of substance abuse, mental health struggles, romantic obsession, rehabs, hospitals, institutions and general despair, to the last few years of coming out the other side. I've had a lot of time to collect insight about recovery, and to stay sober I had to be as obsessed with getting better as I was with staying sick, and I hope to share some of that insight with you. Through writing a memoir about my recovery from alcoholism and mental illness, I realized, my recovery is an ongoing process, and also an interactive one, based on shared insight and dialogue. So why would a book about those things be any different? I want to share my story while engaging in a conversation about the nature of addiction and recovery, to share tools and crowdsource far more wisdom than I could export on my own. Join me as I read chapters from my memoir and join the discussion about recovery, addiction, mental health, spirituality and humanism. I invite you to e-mail any questions or comments to: interactivememoir@gmail.com

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Edgy, Cool and Tortured: Tara Boyce's Unfiltered Memoir of Addiction and Recovery

“All my decisions were crafted to project an image of myself I wanted others to embrace, and then maybe it would be true.”

Ever felt like you had to fit a certain image to be accepted? Tara Boyce certainly did. In this episode of 'Addicted to Recovery: The Interactive Memoir', Tara takes listeners back to her creative writing class days, where she was determined to be seen as 'edgy, cool, and tortured'. She recounts how she wrote about a character spiraling into alcoholism and rehab, not realizing she was foreshadowing her own future.

Tara's raw honesty shines as she discusses her struggles with substance abuse, mental health, and the desire for validation. Through vivid storytelling, she reveals how her pursuit of a persona led her down a dark path, but also how she found her way out. This episode is a candid look at the intersection of creativity and addiction, and the journey to self-discovery. Perfect for anyone who has ever felt misunderstood or is seeking inspiration in their recovery journey.

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