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Best-selling author Amy Liz Harrison as she chats about being a sober mom of 8, her tips on writing books, deconstruction of faith while in recovery.
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Codependency, Grief & Growth Through Story: Boozeless Bookclub with Dr. Sarah Michaud
In this Boozeless Bookclub edition of Eternally Amy, Amy Liz Harrison and Dr. Sarah Michaud unpack All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert — diving deep into the messy, magnificent world of codependency, grief, and emotional recovery. From laughter to loss, this conversation reminds us that healing isn’t about control — it’s about awareness, compassion, and connection. Expect humor, raw honesty, and soul-level truth bombs that hit close to home for anyone navigating sobriety, spirituality, or self-discovery.
Grief is a teacher you don’t choose — but it changes you forever.
Literature as therapy: Stories can reveal our own denial and hope.
Codependency can kill people — but awareness can save them.
Humor and truth coexist: Laughter keeps the healing honest.Recovery is not about control; it’s about connection.
[00:00] – Amy welcomes Dr. Sarah and introduces Boozeless Bookclub
[00:05] – “Codependency can kill people” — the truth behind the patterns
[00:20] – The intersection of addiction, love, and literature
[00:33] – “It took separation for me to wake up” — Dr. Sarah’s turning point
[00:47] – “Grief is a teacher I never wanted” — Amy’s story of loss and growth
[00:55] – Final reflection on recovery, awareness, and compassion
Amy Liz Harrison:amylizharrison.com |@amylizharrison
TakeawaysKey TimestampsResources & LinksBook Discussed:All the Way to the Riverby Elizabeth Gilbert
September 30, 2025
August 22, 2025
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Meet Your Host - Amy Liz Harrison
Amy Liz Harrison is a mother of 8, bestselling author, sobriety coach, and recovery/mental health advocate with over a decade of sobriety under her belt. She made the choice to leave her position as a tenth-grade English teacher to focus on raising her eight children. Having found sobriety in 2011, she believes that the opposite of addiction is love and connection. She also believes if you don’t tell her she has lettuce in her teeth, you’re dead to her.
She is the founder and CEO of indie publishing company, A-Team Press, where she republished her memoirs, “Eternally Expecting: A Mom of Eight Gets Sober and Gives Birth to a Whole New Life…Her Own” and “Eternally Awkward: A Future Mom of Eight Reflects on Mysteries of Anxiety, ADHD, and Coming of Age in the 80’s” – both of which documents her journey with addiction and recovery and explores her late-diagnosis with ADHD and anxiety, respectively. In 2023, Amy released a children’s book series called “Kiss Your Brain” which tackles the big mental health topics her family—and all families—face, including substance abuse disorder.
Amy hosts the podcast show, Eternally Amy – A Sober Mom of Eight’s Journey from Jail to Joy where she shares experiences with addiction and recovery, spirituality and deconstruction of faith, and mental health and wellness. Find out more at amylizharrison.com.
She currently resides with her husband and children in Bellevue, Washington.
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