Erin Khar

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What Toulouse-Lautrec Taught Me about Intimacy

March 3rd, 2020

I wanted to stop withholding from them, but withholding was like a drug.

Erin Khar is known for her writing on addiction, recovery, mental health, relationships, parenting, infertility, and self-care. Her weekly advice column, Ask Erin, is published on Ravishly. Her personal essays have appeared in SELF, Marie Claire, Salon, HuffPost, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and others. She's the recipient of the Eric Hoffer Editor's Choice Prize and her prize-winning essay was featured in Best New Writing 2012. Her essays have also been published in the Stigma Fighters Anthology (Vol. 3) and Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger. Her debut memoir, Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies that Nearly Killed Me (Park Row Books 02/25/20), has appeared on most anticipated lists from The Rumpus, SELF, Apple Books, Goodreads, Bitch Media, Alma, and others. She lives in New York City.