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A companion piece to my memoir Unshaming, here I talk about shame one post at a time. I cover addiction, relationships, sex, recovery, arts and culture. Sometimes when I feel particularly weak, I post work-in-progress.

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    Author of five books including Unshaming (Mar 2026), a book about shame, recovery, relapse, failure and hope.

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