I have noticed a few auto biography one by Stephen Fry and one by Johnny Rotten. I want to put both on my Christmas list. I watched a video of Stephen Fry talking about his book and it compeled me to to write a letter to him
Mr Stephen Fry
c/o Hamilton Hodell Limited
Fifth Floor
66-68 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SR
c/o Hamilton Hodell Limited
Fifth Floor
66-68 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SR
Dear Stephen,
I recently
watched your interview on the BBC about you’re new book ”More fool me.”, I never
knew you are recovering from an addiction and this interested me in many ways.
I have followed your work since I was a teenager, I wouldn’t say I was a great
fan but I have enjoyed some of the work you have produced.
Whilst I have never
had a drug addiction I have had another addiction that I have been recently
getting help with, there was a number of things in the interview that made me
sit up and take note and one was the immense foolishness that once feels after realizing
you are addicted to a substance and act or something that completely takes over
your life. I also found it interesting that you mentioned it became your coping
mechanism. I recently was confronted with my addiction and it was amazing how
quickly I no longer had a coping mechanism to deal with the day to day of life
and what it throws at you. At 47 I have to now to learn news ways of coping
after some 35 years of relying on my addiction to get through life.
I just wanted
to say thanks for putting it out there so that people like myself who are just
taking baby steps in recovery can be encouraged to continue and move forward.