What It Looks Like

An awakening through love and trauma, war and music, sports and history, politics and spirituality

by Marta Maranda

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Pub Date Aug 04 2014 | Archive Date Jul 09 2015

Alchemadhi Publishing

Biographies & Memoirs | Self-Help

Description

Marta Maranda doesn't drink, smoke, use drugs, or have destructive sexual patterns. She is committed to exercise, eats healthfully, and has never had a cup of coffee in her life. But despite not having the substance or behavioral addictions widely associated with rehab, she checked herself into a five-week program, one week after a family member checked out, to discover her part in the dysfunction of her life.

“What It Looks Like” tells the story of the events that led to her decision to enter rehab voluntarily and sober, her five weeks in the clinic alongside nearly 70 addicts, and the changes in her life after she left.

Her journey takes her inward on a quest of self-exploration and healing, out into a world of war, politics, history, sports, and spirituality, and finally home as she rebuilds her life piece by piece. And this is what it looks like.

Marta Maranda doesn't drink, smoke, use drugs, or have destructive sexual patterns. She is committed to exercise, eats healthfully, and has never had a cup of coffee in her life. But despite not...

A Note From the Publisher

Marta Maranda is a writer and businesswoman, and still seeks to do the work of healing the best she can every day. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and undertook a year of post-graduate study in psychology. She hopes her story will be helpful to others as they make their way toward healing. She is currently working on her second book.

Marta Maranda is a writer and businesswoman, and still seeks to do the work of healing the best she can every day. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and undertook a year of...