Transparency Without Shame “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” ~ Mark Twain I was a liar. To be an alcoholic and an addict you have to be. You must be able to lie to yourself to keep destroying your life against every natural
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The Real World Excerpt from Climbing a Burning Rope “In less than a year after leaving drug free Synanon I became hooked on smokes, pot, and booze. I didn’t know how to cope with the radical change of reentering outsider society. I self-medicated to handle the stress. I took to