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How to Write About Family Without Causing Harm

I keep rewriting the same paragraph about my mother's alcoholism because I cannot figure out how to be honest without being cruel

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to tell truth is colliding with the need to preserve relationships.

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