Jimmy Barnes reveals how writing his memoirs – the therapy he consequently underwent to deal with the demons of his past – probably saved his life. “If I hadn’t started writing, I probably wouldn’t have been around for long…I had already gotten to the point where I woke up with a rope hanging in the dressing room. I was a ticking time bomb and the process of writing helped diffuse that.” Barnesy also picks the brains of award-winning author Debra Oswald for writerly tricks to help him pen his first novel…..if you want to find out more, watch videos of the interviews, see galleries, interactive content and check out articles you can subscribe through storytimewithjimmybarnes.com.au