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Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate
New in recovery, a chance encounter with Gray Hawk, a 74-year old Native American, showed her that healing herself would include looking within, taking Steps, and creating a house of healing for other women. Today, Marilyn is a Certified Addiction Recovery Empowerment Specialist, recently celebrating thirty-two years of abstinence-based recovery. From 1990-2011, she opened and managed North House, an award-winning residential facility for women. Before reaching this milestone, she was a desperate woman on drugs, managing rock bands at night, pretending to be okay, but ultimately giving up on herself, losing her husband, children, and friends due to her addiction. This book is that journey.
190 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 21, 2021
About the author
Marilyn Davis
2 books3 followersMarilyn Davis is the author of her debut memoir titled "Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate," now available for purchase online from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and fine online book stores. Marilyn, now celebrating 32+years of recovery in 1990 until 2011, opened and managed North House, an award-winning residential facility for women.
Marilyn is widely known for her writing in many literary and recovery communities from her award-winning websites of "Two Drops of Ink."
And her award-winning recovery website "from Addict 2 Advocate" shares that "writing within recovery is part of our healing."
Today, Marilyn is a Certified Addiction Recovery Empowerment Specialist. Before reaching her goals and milestones, she was a desperate woman on drugs, managing rock bands at night, pretending to be okay, but ultimately giving up on herself, losing her husband, children, family, and friends due to her addiction.
Her new memoir, this book, is that journey.
When she is not writing, Marilyn is an avid reader, enjoys gardening and cooking. She has raised two beautiful grown daughters, is a cat lover and resides outside the Atlanta, GA, area.
Marilyn is widely known for her writing in many literary and recovery communities from her award-winning websites of "Two Drops of Ink."
And her award-winning recovery website "from Addict 2 Advocate" shares that "writing within recovery is part of our healing."
Today, Marilyn is a Certified Addiction Recovery Empowerment Specialist. Before reaching her goals and milestones, she was a desperate woman on drugs, managing rock bands at night, pretending to be okay, but ultimately giving up on herself, losing her husband, children, family, and friends due to her addiction.
Her new memoir, this book, is that journey.
When she is not writing, Marilyn is an avid reader, enjoys gardening and cooking. She has raised two beautiful grown daughters, is a cat lover and resides outside the Atlanta, GA, area.
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April 5, 2021
What will you learn from this beautiful memoir? What overcoming drug addiction looks like and much more!
Exceptionally written from page one to the last, the author shares just how easy it was for her to begin experimenting with drugs at a young age as she shares her life with readers. Her writing style and layout of her memoirs are impeccable, as it made me keep reading to learn what happens next!
Marilyn writes in a "teachable" and "relatable" way as she shares her early years of managing rock bands and such. We all know "The Candy" was always available back in the day. Her memoirs are filled with overcoming, loss, perseverance, and inspiration. Then, a chance meeting with a Native American man who spiritually points out her future, she took it to heart in her early recovery.
After saving her life within her recovery's hard work, she gives us the inside look of how generational addiction can happen, as both her daughters began addicts. Then came the real work of opening North House; she and managed North House, an award-winning residential facility for women. A women's safe house of healing as I see it.
She began to help both her daughters become clean and drug-free. Marilyn has been on her journey and has celebrated 32-years of recovery while keeping her recovery journey moving forward. The author shows us the hard work it takes in early recovery to learn the roots and the underlying addiction issues, process them, and begin the power of healing within recovery.
I highly suggest everyone read this book if you want to be inspired by an amazing woman's authentic memoir turned 'Recovery Warrior' through caring, empathy, and turned a call to action to bring solutions from addiction, even still today.
Advocate, Catherine Lyon of Lyon Media Services & Literary Consulting
Exceptionally written from page one to the last, the author shares just how easy it was for her to begin experimenting with drugs at a young age as she shares her life with readers. Her writing style and layout of her memoirs are impeccable, as it made me keep reading to learn what happens next!
Marilyn writes in a "teachable" and "relatable" way as she shares her early years of managing rock bands and such. We all know "The Candy" was always available back in the day. Her memoirs are filled with overcoming, loss, perseverance, and inspiration. Then, a chance meeting with a Native American man who spiritually points out her future, she took it to heart in her early recovery.
After saving her life within her recovery's hard work, she gives us the inside look of how generational addiction can happen, as both her daughters began addicts. Then came the real work of opening North House; she and managed North House, an award-winning residential facility for women. A women's safe house of healing as I see it.
She began to help both her daughters become clean and drug-free. Marilyn has been on her journey and has celebrated 32-years of recovery while keeping her recovery journey moving forward. The author shows us the hard work it takes in early recovery to learn the roots and the underlying addiction issues, process them, and begin the power of healing within recovery.
I highly suggest everyone read this book if you want to be inspired by an amazing woman's authentic memoir turned 'Recovery Warrior' through caring, empathy, and turned a call to action to bring solutions from addiction, even still today.
Advocate, Catherine Lyon of Lyon Media Services & Literary Consulting
September 3, 2021
Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate by Marilyn Davis is a memoir I will remember. The writing is very enjoyable, easy to read, easy to imagine what happened, and to be able to step into her shoes and see through her eyes. Her story is definitely compelling, I kept reading to the end with interest. It was sad and eye-opening how easy can one become an addict and how hard he/she can overcome the addiction. And then, I was happy to read about her success. The memoir is inspirational and thought-provoking. I recommend it.
January 31, 2022
Walk in her shoes
A walk in the shoes of an addict may not be an easy walk, but it is an eye opening one for those who want to understand the illness. Marilyn tells it from her experience with drugs and alcohol with no sugar coating. For those looking through her window of recovery, it is an educational journey. For those in recovery, it is an understanding heart from one who has been there. For those still needing help, there is hope. My respect and gratitude to this author for her courage.
A walk in the shoes of an addict may not be an easy walk, but it is an eye opening one for those who want to understand the illness. Marilyn tells it from her experience with drugs and alcohol with no sugar coating. For those looking through her window of recovery, it is an educational journey. For those in recovery, it is an understanding heart from one who has been there. For those still needing help, there is hope. My respect and gratitude to this author for her courage.
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