Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque

I think I was used to being in high –

cortisol environments where like my nervous system was conditioned to do well under pressure to assume responsibility to I think I felt innately that my mom I knew my mom was stressed about money all the time I knew that people were telling me that I had this gift from a very young age and people were like you're gonna be rich and famous one day and I think I was like maybe I will um

cortisol environments where like my nervous system was conditioned to do well under pressure to assume responsibility to I think I felt innately that my mom I knew my mom was stressed about money all the time I knew that people were telling me that I had this gift from a very young age and people were like you're gonna be rich and famous one day and I think I was like maybe I will um

cortisol environments where like my nervous system was conditioned to do well under pressure to assume responsibility to I think I felt innately that my mom I knew my mom was stressed about money all the time I knew that people were telling me that I had this gift from a very young age and people were like you're gonna be rich and famous one day and I think I was like maybe I will um

And then I was like, maybe I can get us out of this, of sharing a bed, you know, and of us being poor and of the paint chips falling into my cereal. Like, maybe this is the ticket. I think there was something that was like, you know, and I didn't have stage parents, but my mom was very supportive. Both my parents were very supportive of me being the eccentric little individual that I was.

And then I was like, maybe I can get us out of this, of sharing a bed, you know, and of us being poor and of the paint chips falling into my cereal. Like, maybe this is the ticket. I think there was something that was like, you know, and I didn't have stage parents, but my mom was very supportive. Both my parents were very supportive of me being the eccentric little individual that I was.

And then I was like, maybe I can get us out of this, of sharing a bed, you know, and of us being poor and of the paint chips falling into my cereal. Like, maybe this is the ticket. I think there was something that was like, you know, and I didn't have stage parents, but my mom was very supportive. Both my parents were very supportive of me being the eccentric little individual that I was.

Yeah. So firstly, it is a nod to... the foundation of addiction that I come from. So my parents met in AA and they were both seeking sobriety and maintain sobriety for various periods of time in their life. And I did get my mom's blessing to talk about this, obviously, because one of the main things about Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous is the anonymity.

Yeah. So firstly, it is a nod to... the foundation of addiction that I come from. So my parents met in AA and they were both seeking sobriety and maintain sobriety for various periods of time in their life. And I did get my mom's blessing to talk about this, obviously, because one of the main things about Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous is the anonymity.

Yeah. So firstly, it is a nod to... the foundation of addiction that I come from. So my parents met in AA and they were both seeking sobriety and maintain sobriety for various periods of time in their life. And I did get my mom's blessing to talk about this, obviously, because one of the main things about Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous is the anonymity.

So I was like, is this okay to talk about? But It's a part of my journey, too. I have the serenity prayer tattooed around my wrist, and it's the most meaningful prayer to me. It's God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. And that's really how I have tried to live my life. I always go back to that.

So I was like, is this okay to talk about? But It's a part of my journey, too. I have the serenity prayer tattooed around my wrist, and it's the most meaningful prayer to me. It's God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. And that's really how I have tried to live my life. I always go back to that.

So I was like, is this okay to talk about? But It's a part of my journey, too. I have the serenity prayer tattooed around my wrist, and it's the most meaningful prayer to me. It's God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. And that's really how I have tried to live my life. I always go back to that.

So it's about how I felt self-righteously like I would never be like my parents when they fell off the wagon and disappointed me and were human and all these things. And I was like, I'll never be like that. And then I had my own experiences with addiction in various ways, whether it was substances or relationships, love, sex.

So it's about how I felt self-righteously like I would never be like my parents when they fell off the wagon and disappointed me and were human and all these things. And I was like, I'll never be like that. And then I had my own experiences with addiction in various ways, whether it was substances or relationships, love, sex.

So it's about how I felt self-righteously like I would never be like my parents when they fell off the wagon and disappointed me and were human and all these things. And I was like, I'll never be like that. And then I had my own experiences with addiction in various ways, whether it was substances or relationships, love, sex.

validation and I found myself under the influence for most of my 20s and just being so confused and lost and really held by this feeling of being out of control and also what it means is just unsubscribing from old ways of what I thought I needed to be of society or

validation and I found myself under the influence for most of my 20s and just being so confused and lost and really held by this feeling of being out of control and also what it means is just unsubscribing from old ways of what I thought I needed to be of society or

validation and I found myself under the influence for most of my 20s and just being so confused and lost and really held by this feeling of being out of control and also what it means is just unsubscribing from old ways of what I thought I needed to be of society or

executives or managers or handlers or an industry influencing the way that I live my life, influencing who I date, where I live, what I eat, anything. I was so... I was so confused about what my values were because so many people had told me what I should – what should be important to me from a young age. And I think that this book is kind of a statement of that's in the past.