The biggest thing was that second person allowed me to trick myself into revealing more about myself. It gave me an authorial distance to get closer to the action and emotions, if that makes sense.

I think the act of lying can be separated from the genre of memoir. Though often times, people are unaware of their own subjectivity.

I wasn't doing much work when I was using and drinking. I have friends who did it (work), but I wasn't one of those people.

I like a text that reminds the reader its a text sometimes.

I have an MFA in writing. It is debatable if they are right for everyone, but I had a mentor who really changed my life, so it worked for me.

For me, addiction never really included telling myself that everything was okay. By the time I was deep in my addictions, I knew things were pretty bad and I had no control over them.

Some of the biggest challenges were, page after page, standing naked in front of the reader.