My Authentic Self
February 2020 | Tough Times

My Authentic Self

Filled with rage and punk rock, her teen years were rough. But since coming to AA, she has reinvented her life

I always wanted to be seen as an adult. I had a half-brother who was 14 years older than me. We lived right outside New York City, in an upper middle-class town with my mom and an alcoholic aunt. My mom let me raise myself, in part because she had to work two jobs to support everybody.

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