EP 71: Designing Recovery Through Surfing | Thad Ziolkowski

Is surfing the most addictive sport? How did surfing help a writer
with a substance use disorder enter into recovery? What activities
can be a form of therapy for you? Thad Ziolkowski is a lifelong
surfer, person in recovery, and the author, most recently, of The
Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction
and Recovery, which was published in 2021 by Harper Wave, an
imprint of HarperCollins. His memoir On a Wave (Grove/Atlantic) was
a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award in 2003 and his novel,
Wichita (Europa Editions) appeared in 2012 to critical acclaim. His
essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Slate,
Bookforum, Artforum, Travel & Leisure, Interview Magazine and
Index. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and has a PhD
in English Literature from Yale University. Episode website link:
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