Lisa O’Connor is a poet and author from Stoke-on-Trent. This is her first book of
poetry and prose that chronicles her own struggles with grief, mental ill-health, addiction, and the associated chaos. Lisa started writing as a teenager. For Lisa, writing is a high. Even in her darkest hours she has found hope and inspiration through writing, “when I have been going through problematic times, traumatized and generally ill, too physically ill not just to write, I couldn’t even walk, inspiration seemed more or less non-existent, but it lives and exists somewhere deep inside, not just in the mind, but in your soul.”
This book represents a compilation of assorted poetic explanations of moments
Lisa has experienced. Lisa’s writing provides hope to people that are living through mental ill-health and addiction but also a realistic insight for those that
have little personal experience of the dramatic highs and lows of substance
misuse.
