Brett Douglas wrote one of the most raw and unflinching drug memoirs I&apos;ve ever read. His stories are as brutally insane as you would imagine, but what really made his memoir stand out among the rest for me was his relentless self-awareness and biting insightfulness into his own psyche. He brought that insight, as well as his over 2 years of sobriety, with him when he did me the honor of shooting the shit with me for 90 minutes. We get into the craziness, the sobriety, the infuriating nature of social media, and the inescapable similarities between drug and food addiction Check out Brett&apos;s website at www.brettdouglasauthor.com . You can (and should) read &quot;American Drug Addict&quot; for free as a member of Amazon Prime through Kindle Unlimited, or purchase the audio book/physical book here: https://www.amazon.com/American-Drug-Addict-Brett-Douglas-ebook/dp/B0731LG7D2<a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)

Dana Rae

It started as a weight loss podcast, which quickly became a mental health podcast, which somehow became a pandemic podcast.  Jay, your host  (anxiety/depression/OCD/childhood trauma/family addiction)  lost 185 lbs after having bariatric surgery.  Guests have ranged from actor Ken Marino to a woman you have never heard of who lost 250 lbs, to a recovering addict, to essential workers during COVID-19. In 2020, the show became daily and ran for 100 episodes in 100 days. The culmination of everything The Lighter Side strove to be, Jay created an oral history of the pandemic, as told through the voices of the people who lived through it. There's something for everyone on the Lighter Side.