Podcasts about her best kept secret

What do you miss the most in isolation? (1:15); Terry Shaw, how are our truckers doing? (18:25);  Isolation and problem drinking, with Gabrielle Glaser, Author of "Her Best Kept Secret" (29:50); The Final Word (50:05).

"The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous" looks at AA (and related treatment programs for alcohol and drug addiction) and asks tough questions about whether it works as well as many believe, and if there are better, more effective alternatives.  I talk with author Gabrielle Glaser about the challenges of reporting and writing about this controversial topic. Gabrielle Glaser is an author and award-winning journalist who writes about issues of addiction and mental health. She specializes in long-form narrative and investigative writing, especially about social issues, health, and medicine. She has written for the New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, the Associated Press, The Economist, The Dallas Morning News, The Village Voice, and National Public Radio.   She is the author of three books, including her most recent work, "Her Best-Kept Secret."

Live with Gabrielle Glaser Journalist and Author of Her Best Kept Secret. Gabrielle is making waves with her articles on The Daily Beast and The Atlantic this past week with hard hitting stories about Doctors and suicide and why AA sometimes does not work. Gabrielle Glaser started her career as a news assistant at The New York Times in Washington D. C.. She worked as a reporter at the Associated Press in Baltimore, Maryland, and Warsaw, Poland. From Eastern Europe she repeorted for The Economist, The Dallas Mornig News, The Village Voice and National Public Radio. Since the 1990's Gabrielle has examined social, cultural, and national health trends for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Health and The Oregonian in Portland, where she was a staff writer.    She appeared in the Episode-The Sober Truth on CBS 48 Hours and Recently on CHRIS HAYES MSNBC Live.     

Live with Gabrielle Glaser Journalist and Author of Her Best Kept Secret. Gabrielle is making waves with her articles on The Daily Beast and The Atlantic this past week with hard hitting stories about Doctors and suicide and why AA sometimes does not work. Gabrielle Glaser started her career as a news assistant at The New York Times in Washington D. C.. She worked as a reporter at the Associated Press in Baltimore, Maryland, and Warsaw, Poland. From Eastern Europe she repeorted for The Economist, The Dallas Mornig News, The Village Voice and National Public Radio. Since the 1990's Gabrielle has examined social, cultural, and national health trends for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Health and The Oregonian in Portland, where she was a staff writer.    She appeared in the Episode-The Sober Truth on CBS 48 Hours and Recently on CHRIS HAYES MSNBC Live.     

David Sheff (author of "Clean" and "Beautiful Boy") and Gabrielle Glaser (journalist and author of "Her Best Kept Secret") join us to talk about different treatment paths to addiction recovery, and how to “treat” the treatment industry when it’s not working.

This has been a great year filled with many wonderful surprises.  Along with  the success of being a chapter in  Gabrielle Glaser's book  Her Best Kept Secret, Why Women Drink and How They Can Regain Control, being on Katie Couric this summer, raising the money on indie gogo so I could continue making the film with a more professional look, connecting with Producer Michael Kuehnert who has greatly helped me continue making the film, then being accepted by the IDA to be my fiscal sponsor so I can raise funds in a nonprofit way, hiring a great editor, Barry Rubinow to make the new 7.5 min trailer and see the final pieces of the puzzle coming together to finish and release the film sometime this coming 2014. It will be my last show of the year to talk about all I learned this year including who I will promote as my favorite authors and favorite for profit Addiction treatment programs. I also have my recommendations for nonprofit help as well. You know me....:) Thanks for all your support and blogging here.

This has been a great year filled with many wonderful surprises.  Along with  the success of being a chapter in  Gabrielle Glaser's book  Her Best Kept Secret, Why Women Drink and How They Can Regain Control, being on Katie Couric this summer, raising the money on indie gogo so I could continue making the film with a more professional look, connecting with Producer Michael Kuehnert who has greatly helped me continue making the film, then being accepted by the IDA to be my fiscal sponsor so I can raise funds in a nonprofit way, hiring a great editor, Barry Rubinow to make the new 7.5 min trailer and see the final pieces of the puzzle coming together to finish and release the film sometime this coming 2014. It will be my last show of the year to talk about all I learned this year including who I will promote as my favorite authors and favorite for profit Addiction treatment programs. I also have my recommendations for nonprofit help as well. You know me....:) Thanks for all your support and blogging here.

About the book: What’s the first thing many women do when they go home? Make a dash for the white wine in the refrigerator. In Her Best-Kept Secret, journalist Gabrielle Glaser uncovers this hidden-in-plain-sight drinking epidemic—but doesn’t cause you to recoil in alarm. She is the first to document that American women are drinking more often than ever and in ever larger quantities. And she is the first to show that contrary to the impression fostered by reality shows and Gossip Girl,young women alone are not driving these statistics—their moms and grandmothers are, too. But Glaser doesn’t wag a finger. Instead, in a funny and tender voice, Glaser looks at the roots of the problem, explores the strange history of women and alcohol in America, drills into the emerging and counterintuitive science about that relationship, and asks: Are women really getting the help they need? Is it possible to come back from beyond the sipping point and develop a healthy relationship with the bottle? Glaser reveals that, for many women, joining Alcoholics Anonymous is not the answer—it is part of the problem. She shows that as scientists and health professionals learn more about women’s particular reactions to alcohol, they are coming up with new and more effective approaches to excessive drinking. In that sense, Glaser offers modern solutions to a very modern problem. About the author: Gabrielle Glaser grew up in Tangent, Oregon, the Grass Seed Capital of the World (pop. 440). She spent her teenage summers driving John Deere combines on her family farm, listening to an unusual mix of local radio programming: the BeeGees, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Cash, and NPR. She was an indifferent member of her local 4-H sewing club, and her nearest neighbors were her grandparents. After high school, she attended Stanford University, where she received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in history. She started her journalistic career as a news assistant at The New York Times in Washington, D.C.. She worked as a reporter at the Associated Press in Baltimore, Maryland, and Warsaw, Poland. From Eastern Europe, she also reported for The Economist, The Dallas Morning News, The Village Voice, and National Public Radio.  Since the late 1990s, Glaser has examined social, cultural, and national health trends for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, andThe Oregonian in Portland, where she was a staff writer. She worked as a “County Lines” columnist at The New York Times, and her work has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Glamour, Mademoiselle, and ScientificAmerican.com. She taught feature writing at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and won the Missouri Lifestyle Journalism award for her groundbreaking work exploring international and interracial adoption, “Sending Black Babies North.”  BeforeHer Best-Kept Secret, she wrote Strangers to the Tribe: Portraits of Interfaith Marriage, and The Nose: A Profile of Sex, Beauty, and Survival. She appears frequently as a commentator and a guest on local and national television and radio.

Join Monica Richardson for a 1/2 hour show highlighting the exciting up coming event! The Launch of the Kickstarter campaign. And all the great news around Gabrielle Galser's book, Her Best Kept Secret,  and all the great PR around her powerful launch!  Please note that Kickstarter rejected our film... are they run by steppers? We are HAPPY to announce that we are now on the INDIEGOGO platform where we are currently fundraising!   PLease go to: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-13th-step/x/4373694

Join Monica Richardson for a 1/2 hour show highlighting the exciting up coming event! The Launch of the Kickstarter campaign. And all the great news around Gabrielle Galser's book, Her Best Kept Secret,  and all the great PR around her powerful launch!  Please note that Kickstarter rejected our film... are they run by steppers? We are HAPPY to announce that we are now on the INDIEGOGO platform where we are currently fundraising!   PLease go to: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-13th-step/x/4373694

Her Best Kept Secret- WHY WOMAN DRINK AND HOW THEY CAN REGAIN CONTROL Host Monica Richardson interviews Gabreille GLaser her critcal view and investigation of Alcoholics Anonymous and explores the true history of woman, drinking and alcohol as far back as the 1700's. Her wit and humor makes one laugh out loud!!! It also makes one think what wash ollywood doing when showing only men and ladeis of th enight in the taverns in the old west!!! Gabreille digs deep for some truth about americans and their real history and drinking habits.

Her Best Kept Secret- WHY WOMAN DRINK AND HOW THEY CAN REGAIN CONTROL Host Monica Richardson interviews Gabreille GLaser her critcal view and investigation of Alcoholics Anonymous and explores the true history of woman, drinking and alcohol as far back as the 1700's. Her wit and humor makes one laugh out loud!!! It also makes one think what wash ollywood doing when showing only men and ladeis of th enight in the taverns in the old west!!! Gabreille digs deep for some truth about americans and their real history and drinking habits.