Addiction may be constantly in the news — and recovery from it is documented on a series of television shows — but very little about how to really cope with and get over these issues is really known. Writer, television personality and addiction expert Anna David takes the information she’s gleaned from articles and books she’s written about the topic — but primarily from her own personal experience as an addict who’s been sober over a decade — and breaks alcoholism, addiction and recovery into simple and relatable concepts. “Surviving and Thriving in an Addictive Society” hits home with those suffering from full-blown or burgeoning addictions, those in romantic or family relationships with addicts, or anyone who wants to learn how to better cope with a society that’s always gunning for more, more, more. The program she’s developed is designed to help college students catch their addictions before they truly take hold as well as give general life lessons on how to cope in a society that, in many ways, sets its members up to think addictively.

Anna has long used her writing and television career to help spread awareness about alcoholism and drug addiction. She’s the Executive Editor of The Fix, a website dedicated to addiction and recovery. Dr. Drew Pinsky declared her first novel, Party Girl (HarperCollins, 2007) “the most accurate portrayal of the experience of addiction and nuances of recovery I’ve come across.” Her second novel, Bought (HarperCollins, 2009) — a fictionalized version of an investigative feature she penned for Details magazine on high-class prostitution in Hollywood — explored how chemical dependency fuels the lifestyles of those who sell their bodies to get what they think they want.

A regular TV guest, Anna has discussed addiction on The Today Show, CNN’s Showbiz Tonight, and a variety of Fox News programs, including Hannity & Colmes, Red Eye, The Live Desk, and The Big Story. She’s spoken to many audiences about her own experiences with drugs, alcohol and recovery, prompting praise for her “delivery, language, presentation, optimism, transcendence, positive energy, and youthful candor.”

To book Anna at your college, contact Gina Kirkland at Kirkland Productions by phone at 866-769-9037 or by email at booking@kirklandproductions.com.

See Anna’s page on the Kirkland Productions website here.

Watch her addiction expert speaking video reel here.

Anna is also a member of the HarperCollins Speakers Bureau.