'Don't rock the boat' and other lessons I'm unlearning
How growing up a witness to addiction shaped my need for control—and how I’m slowly letting it go
Growing up a witness to addiction can put you on a spiritual path, whether you want it or not. I didn’t carry prayer beads or wear a nun’s habit, but I learned about mankind’s inner demons early on. By the time I was 5 or 6, life-and-death stakes were part of my everyday life. I worried daily about a grown man who passed out drunk night after night, and…
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