Tag: Memoir

• Never Alone, Never Again

  Newest podcast interview available NOW! I recently had the chance to sit down with Brett from Recovery Survey, & discuss my recovery – both the good AND the bad – & talk a little about my book, “Against Such Things: A Memoir of Trauma, Addiction, & Survival.” “Against Such Things” is the riveting true account […]

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  August 18, 2021

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• Yesterday/Today

  The year is 2000, & my solution for getting out of the dope game is to rob a convenience store. At gunpoint. So I can buy more dope, & leave town in the stolen car I’m rolling around in. I’m maybe 100lbs soaking wet, have missed my kids’ birthdays, cleaned out both my parent’s bank […]

  rachelkaybaldwin

  May 8, 2021

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  Against Such Things, indie author, Memoir, prison memoir, Quit lit, Recovery, substance abuse

• Kindle Countdown Deal

  My book, Against Such Things: A Memoir of Trauma, Addiction, & Survival is on sale for only $2.99 this week. l was going to wait until some “Substance Abuse Awareness Month” or “Trauma Survivors Week” came around, but decided that wasn’t necessary. There are people suffering NOW, & I sure wouldn’t have made it out […]

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  March 8, 2021

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• New Podcast Dropped Today!

  I had a chance to sit down Missing Mei from The Creative Sober and talk about my book, confronting #toxictheology, the creative process in sobriety, and what recovery looks like for me today.

  rachelkaybaldwin

  March 5, 2021

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• Breaking Generational Curses

  My sweet daughter made me this. My daughter, who along with her brothers, I once-upon-a-time gave up for my addiction. But, today? Today she is my biggest cheerleader and dearest friend. Do NOT believe the lie: WE F’N DO RECOVER 💓😭🙏 #againstsuchthings #wedorecover #thelieisdead #thehealisreal #nomatterwhat

  rachelkaybaldwin

  December 29, 2020

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  Addiction, Against Such Things, Memoir, Recovery, trauma

• Book Release at Last!!

  

  After days and weeks and seeming centuries, the day has FINALLY come!! My memoir – my life story – the culmination of blood, sweat, and oceans of tears is HERE. In the flesh. (Well, in a tree’s version of flesh, anyway, ha) It’s here, and although I am currently feeling allll the emotions – I […]

  rachelkaybaldwin

  November 1, 2020

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  Addiction, Against Such Things, Book Release, Memoir, Recovery, trauma

• Why I Wrote My Memoir

  

  Against Such Things is a labor of love conceived after traversing the depths of insanity and despair and coming out somewhat-less-than-unscathed. The concept—the overarching message—being one of HOPE. Hope. Healing. Healing from complex trauma, from addiction, from incarceration. There IS a new way of life, and I am living proof. Long and longer I spent […]

  rachelkaybaldwin

  September 29, 2020

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  Addiction, Against Such Things, Healing, Incarceration, Memoir, Mental Health