Amy Dresner is a former professional stand-up comic, having appeared at The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The Improv. She is also a former addict, turning her 20-year battle with substance abuse into My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean, which Margaret Cho has called "a sickening masterpiece: hilarious and raw.” Dresner has written for the online addiction and recovery magazine TheFix.com, and contributed to Addiction.com and PsychologyToday.com, where she has her own blog, “Coming Clean.”