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Amy Dresner
Amy Dresner is a journalist, author, and former comedian as well as a recovering addict and alcoholic. She has been a columnist for the addiction/recovery magazine theFix.com since 2012 and has freelanced for Addiction.com, Psychology Today, Vice and many other publications. Her first book, “My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean,” was published by Hachette in 2017 to rave reviews from critics and readers alike. Elle magazine compared Dresner’s darkly comic memoir to Carrie Fisher’s “Postcards from the Edge” and Mary Karr’s “Lit,” calling Dresner’s book “one for the ages.” Dresner has appeared on the television show The Doctors and on numerous radio shows and podcasts, including Dr. Drew, Dopey and Rich Roll. She does regular speaking engagements around the U.S. and Canada. Her book is currently in development for a TV series.
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- Making Amends to Your Body - The Fix
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- Excerpt from My Fair Junkie on the Quietus.com
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- Fix Piece - Range Bender
- An Interview With Amy Dresner – Author of My Fair Junkie - Eliezer Publishing
- My Fair Junkie excerpt - A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean - Review in the Somerville Times
- My Fair Junkie excerpt - Genius Recovery
- #17 on Best Memoirs of All Time on Book Authority
- My Fair Junkie excerpt - A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean - Review in the Somerville Times
- #7 in Top 17 Heart Wrenching Addiction Memoirs on PopSugar
- Excerpt from the Book! -- VICE
- AMY DRESNER; THE INTERVIEW -- LAST CALL
- REVIEW -- “Effortlessly candid and wryly written chronicle of a life hijacked by drugs, booze, and bad behavior. As a noted West Hollywood stand-up comedian and addiction journalist, she handles this complex tale with wit … A hard-knocks addiction memoir buoyed with humor and insight.” -- Kirkus Reviews
- REVIEW -- "Dresner, a former stand-up comic and current contributing editor for The Fix, writes about her recovery from drug and alcohol abuse with honesty and irreverent humor.…. She finds humor in the darkest moments of her addiction and recovery….Readers meet Dresner at her worst, but she nevertheless charms throughout her healing.” --
Publishers Weekly - REVIEW: "A good writer, especially a memoirist, will describe life in ways you cannot describe it yourself. Enter Amy Dresner, writer at The Fix, comedian, a woman in recovery from drugs, alcohol and sex addiction whose memoir My Fair Junkiereleases September 12. Our stories share a few obvious details: we both hit bottom in Los Angeles, and we both suffer from an onslaught of cross-addictions. But these surface similarities are not where I identify best with Dresner’s story." -- MEDIUM.com
- My Fair Junkie: a review Always honest, often right. Ladies and gentlemen, Ms Amy Dresner. In My Fair Junkie, former stand-up comic Amy Dresner gives us a searingly honest portrayal of what she was like, what happened, and what she is like now. People in recovery from addiction can ask no more of each other than that, and Ms Dresner’s memoir is a gift to anyone with addiction. -- MEDIUM.com
- The Redemption of the Hot Mess: Amy Dresner's "My Fair Junkie"
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- In Chapter 1, Dresner comes at her husband with a knife (a bread knife with a round head, but still) and gets charged with assault. -- The Star
- REVIEW--"The Best Reads Of September Are Right Here" -- REFINERY 29
- BOOK REVIEW: MY FAIR JUNKIE -- Sensitive Skin Magazine
- Amy Dresner: Writer, Bare-It-All Badass -- ravishly
- Recovery Is a Laughing Matter: A Q&A with Recovering Addict & Comedian Amy Dresner -- Addiction.com
- REVIEW--"In Dresner’s unflinchingly honest, graphic, and darkly comedic account of her life as a junkie and the struggle to come clean, readers will find strength in the humanity of those at their lowest. Dresner brings humility, wit, and sensitivity to a topic many readers are unfamiliar with, and those that are will recognize her truths." -- BOOKLIST ONLINE
- MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL: AMY DRESNER: FUNNY GIRL! -- LA WEEKLY
- REVIEW: The Fall And Rise Of Amy Dresner -- Addict 2016
- Re(Pro) #39: Amy Dresner -- The Sobriety Collective
- Profiles in Recovery: Amy Dresner -- Drug Rehab.org
- Book Review and Interview -- Betty's Battleground
- AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR AMY DRESNER -- Addiction Unscripted.com
- AN INTERVIEW WITH THE “CULTURALLY GAY,” ALL AROUND HILARIOUS, AMY DRESNER -- Under The Hat
- Amy Dresner, author of 'My Fair Junkie,' Talks Family, Sex Addiction, And Coping Tools -- Workit Health
- Review -- Keys to Recovery Newspaper - Part 1
- Review -- Keys to Recovery Newspaper - Part 2
- Book Review – My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean
"Fraser Valley – (Don Lehn with Ann Soutar and Darlene Kobley) –My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean by Amy Dresner is one of those books on recovery, that has to dance on a fine line. There are many books in this genre that are released every year, and the last thing you want to do is be preachy. Te other challenge is, do you want to be preachy? Funny? Dead serious?" -- FVN - FRASER VALLEY NEWS, SPORTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT - My Fair Junkie Amy Dresner Interview -- Girl to Mom
- COVER of RECOVERY TODAY MAGAZINE
- COM: A portrait of the artist as an addict
- KEYSTORE RECOVER NEWSPAPER: Page 9 - The Hope Interviews by Steve Jones - Zen and the art of getting clean working on a chain gang Part 1: Amy Dresner
