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An Emotional Life
In AA, she learned to stop covering up how she really felt
I grew up in a family in which our motto was, "buck up" and "suck it up buttercup." Emotions other than being happy or angry were not an option in our household. Crying, which was perceived as weak, was not acceptable. If you cried, you were shamed for it.
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