In 2006, a 19-year-old woman struggling with addiction became friends with a young man who would eventually write about their friendship and post it on Myspace. As a result, the idea for the nonprofit "To Write Love on Her Arms" was born. In today’s Psych Central Podcast, Gabe interviews its founder Jamie Tworkowski, the young man in the story.

For more information and a complete transcript, visit https://psychcentral.com/blog/podcast-a-national-non-profit-is-born-from-a-random-encounter.

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