Ashley Fenker

Honesty can both hurt and heal. I wrote this list of 11 things people don’t tell you about growing up with an alcoholic parent, published on Upworthy. But I hope you never read this as, “Follow these steps for a perfect life.” Life is messy. And I think it’s the messy stuff we need to share to connect with other people’s messy stories.

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