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Growing up in a middle class home, my father's heroin addiction was the thing no one mentioned. We lived in denial and secrecy. Years later, I set out to understand my behavior as an adult child of an addict.
Adult children of addicts and alcoholics struggle with depression and shame, and also with perfectionism and the fear of losing control. Self-defeating behavior only leads to more pain and shame. Healing comes from facing the feelings that we've...
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