How to be addicted to people with Elizabeth Gilbert
From The Small Bow Podcast by thesmallbow.com
April 8, 2026 · 1h 1m
About this episode
Elizabeth Gilbert discusses her experiences with love and sex addiction and her journey to recovery.
When Elizabeth Gilbert wrote Eat Pray Love, she described her disordered relationship history using the language of addiction. It wasn’t until years later that she realized that for her, addiction wasn’t only a metaphor. In her new memoir All the Way to the River, Gilbert chronicles the chaos and degradation of her own sex and love addiction and how she finally got clean. The book is messy, and so is Liz. No easy answers here. We talk about the strangeness of entering recovery rooms as the author of a book that “changed peoples’ lives” and how the spiritual technology of recovery has changed hers. Plus, creative ambition and sobriety, delighting in your anger and geeking out about two way prayer. New episodes release every Wednesday. ➡️ Subscribe to The Small Bow Podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSmallBow?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Join The Small Bow Community: https://www.thesmallbow.com/ ➡️ Get the latest on The Small Bow: https://linktr.ee/THESMALLBOW ➡️ Download The Small Bow Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-small-bow-podcast/id1576208098
People in this episode
Guest: Elizabeth Gilbert
Topics covered
- addiction
- recovery
- relationships
- memoir
- creative ambition
- spirituality
Keywords
- addiction
- recovery
- Elizabeth Gilbert
- memoir
- relationships
- spirituality
- creative ambition
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Eat Pray Love, All the Way to the River
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