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When your recovery history collides with parental authority

My teenage daughter asked me directly if I was an alcoholic and I froze because I do not know how much truth a 16-year-old can handle about their parent's past.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to protect children intersects painfully with the commitment to honesty that recovery demands.

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