I didn’t invent the humor in recovery. It’s already there. There’s a tremendous amount of laughter at a good AA meeting.
Author, Elizabeth Zelvin, discussing her use of recovery themes in her mystery novels.
Published by Jason Schwartz
I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I currently serve as the Director of Social Work and Spiritual Care for a healthcare system. I've also served as the Director of Behavioral Health at another hospital. I'm also a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work.
Views expressed here are my own.
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I realize what you meant here, and humor def has a place…but I know several families who have lost young adults to overdose, and this just hurts them.
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Thanks for the comment luluberoo. I was looking at the text of the post and was completely confused. I just realized that you were reacting to the book cover.
I haven’t actually read any of her books. It looks like she’s working recovery themes into the conventions of the hard-boiled detective novel and the title of the book is in that spirit.
I hope readers will see it in that light.
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