Someday I Will Not Be Ashamed, by Lori Lynne Armstrong

A memoir of addictions, mental illness, and self-destructive shame.

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Episode Transcript

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This is the WBZ book Club.I'm Jordan Rich. Laurlan Armstrong is a
lot of things. She's a scientist, a poet, a former therapist and
counselor, a writer, and yes, a recovering drug addict. And she's
written a very personal memoir called SomedayI Will Not Be Ashamed. Laurie Lynn
shares her story of dealing with bipolardisorder so severe that in addiction, she
nearly died back in twenty eleven beforeturning the corner and getting clean. Like

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many, she uses her writing astherapy and her goal is to reach out
to others to help them get throughthe mental addiction process and lower the level
of shame and stigma. She's alsowritten Poppytown Love Songs from the Opioid Epidemic,
a unique poetry storybook focusing on theimpact of addiction and more importantly,
recovery from a woman who's been tohell and back. Laurie Lynn Armstrong and

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her new memoir, Someday I WillNot Be Ashamed. Find out more at
her website Lorii Lynn Armstrong dot com, lri I l y Nne Armstrong dot
com. And that's the book ClubWBZ Boston's news radio