Author Pam Gaslow: 5 Things You Need to Know to Become a Great Author

No matter how far down you’ve sunk — no matter how hopeless, depressed or sick you are — there is always help. You are not alone. There are millions of addicts in recovery who have been through the same thing and come out on the other side. Don’t give up — ask for help.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Pam Gaslow.

She’s designed catalogs for J. Crew, performed stand-up comedy, even worked as Henri Bendel’s only female security guard. Pam Gaslow has had an eventful life — including once being threatened by her family with disownment over her Depressed Hot Girl blog — and it’s about to get even more so with her first-personal confessional, “DON’T BRING YOUR VIBRATOR TO REHAB: A Somewhat Comedic Memoir.” It’s a hilarious chronicle of her journey toward sobriety from a toxic marijuana addiction, told with candor, honesty, absurdism, and the trademark wit that has brought her to comedy club stages across the country. The New York-born writer is also a contributor to The Huffington Post, The Good Men Project, The Times of Israel, and Newsbreak. Gaslow, who also works as a mixed-media artist, once owned and designed children’s…