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When sharing your recovery story becomes about you

I wrote a memoir about overcoming addiction and now I give talks at high schools but I caught myself exaggerating parts of my story to make it more dramatic

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The line between helpful testimony and self-aggrandizing performance has blurred beyond recognition.

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