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Susie and Lily - Writing Therapy

Susie and Lily met when Lily volunteered to teach a creative writing course at a recovery centre in East London and Susie signed up for classes. A recovering alcoholic and addict, Susie had always been drawn to writing and with Lily’s help found she could writer better without drinking and has now been sober for some years. Lily found teaching the course therapeutic whilst going through a marriage break up and grieving for her father who had died as an alcoholic. Although Lily no longer teaches the class, they have stayed in touch and are crowdfunding an anthology of works by the course participants, including Susie. During their conversation they discuss the therapy of writing.

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