Our family does this thing where we all pretend my brother's drinking isn't a problem and family gatherings have become these elaborate performances where we all work around his unpredictability without ever naming what we're doing and I'm exhausted from the collective denial.
More people experience this than they realize.
The family's shared commitment to preserving harmony has created a web of unspoken agreements that enable the very behavior they're trying to manage.
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