Alison Rosen Quotes
Every time someone opens up to me, it just feels like a gift they're giving me, because it's a chance to experience another human being.
There are certain relationships that just don't fit into "good" or "bad"; they transcend it.
I know for me, when I would drink, I circumvented my own self-protection and my own judgment and my own discrimination - the healthy kind of judgment and discrimination.
In terms of what we share from our lives, I tend to share everything. My instinct would be to share everything.
I definitely feel moved and affected after interviews, but not in a way that's anything other than positive. There are moments that make me want to cry, but not in any way I can't handle.
Most things that I think about not talking about, ultimately I decide to talk about, and I feel better.
Once I stopped drinking and I'd be going out on dates, or hanging out with guys, I'd realize, "Oh, maybe I don't like them that much!" I think the drinking was to make these guys more tolerable.
My husband is the only guy I've ever dated where I've never been drunk around him. I couldn't handle dating without drinking in the past.
Sometimes I try to figure out why I always push things to talk about the really dark stuff in interviews, and I just think it's healing - for the listener, and for the guest.
I feel like I walk a very fine line between wanting someone to be open and vulnerable and honest with me and the listeners, but not wanting anyone to ever feel like I'm exploiting them.
