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Mary Beth O'Connor

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For me, childhood abuse and other traumas, including sexual assaults, led to substance use disorder (addiction). Beginning with alcohol at age 12, I spent several years abusing various drugs. I found methamphetamine at 16 and started shooting up at 17. I struggled with meth until I was 32 years old. By incorporating ideas from multiple sources to build a secular recovery plan that works for me, I have been sober since 1994. I used similar techniques to address the trauma and related anxiety as well. I am a board member for LifeRing Secular Recovery and She Recovers Foundation. I speak on behalf of these organizations, about multiple paths to recovery, and about all topics related to substance use disorder and recovery. I also speak about sexual abuse and rape, child abuse, domestic violence, ptsd, anxiety, and recovering from these as well. In 2020, I published two opinion pieces about substance use disorder and recovery in major national publications, including "I Beat Addiction without God" in the Wall Street Journal. I've also published memoir pieces. Professionally, 6 years into recovery, I attended Berkeley Law. I worked at a large firm in Silicon Valley, then litigated class actions for the federal government. In 2014, I was appointed a federal Administrative Law Judge, a position from which I retired in 2020. Please join me on Twitter (@MaryBethO_) and check out my website (junkietojudge.com).

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From Junkie to Judge

One Woman's Triumph over Trauma and Addiction

By: Mary Beth O'Connor

Narrated by: Nikki Zakocs

Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins

Release date: 01-24-23

Language: English

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