Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic
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Episode 6(out of 10) - Abyss
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In this episode - I’m 18 now, and enter the big wide world. It’s a disaster. I crash my car. My friend nearly dies in front of me. I am betrayed. I enter a prolonged period of intense paranoia. I see an old school friend on the nightly news, he’s having trouble too. I can’t breathe. I find a medicine, that changes everything.
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Subheadings w durations
* Reality (5.19)
* Young Adult (4.44)
* Brains (3.12)
* The Veneer Cracks (15.53)
* Lack of Wisdom (6.11)
* Steroids (1.29)
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Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic is my memoir of growing up with a body that was not east to inhabit. It will be released an episode each week for a few months. Citing neuroscientists, philosophers and modern-day poets (rockstars) and exploring the 90s popular culture that shaped me (its music, movies and video games), Shedding Skin is a rollicking, humorous ride of self-analysis about the confusion and alienation of growing up with chronic health battles, the disorientating effects of coping mechanisms (like alcohol and drug dependencies), and my eventual flailing attempts to understand how to live a deep life whilst struggling with new parenthood.
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Shedding Skin was long listed for the Richell Prize for emerging writers in 2023
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If you would like to support my work which is free to access, you can donate at Buy Me a Coffee
Find me at sheddingskin.substack.com and on Twitter/X @nick_gilpin_
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Vids, Links and References
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