The American writer Leslie Jamison is the bestselling author of the acclaimed essay collection The Empathy Exams (2014). Was it painful to write about your own drinking, to remember the blackouts and all the other humiliations involved? Why was life such a barren tundra if I wasn’t drinking? It helps me to show up for life, to expect it to be ordinary, rather than entirely great or entirely terrible. Leslie Jamison: confessional writing is not self-indulgent Read moreDo you miss drinking?

Source: The Guardian April 22, 2018 06:56 UTC