Will My Family Ever Forgive Me For My Memoir?

Kelly Tompkins
Nov 3 · 4 min read

How far should I go to protect my family at the expense of my own truth?

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I started writing my memoir for NaNoWriMo to get a bulk of it written during the month of November. It’s the one book I’m afraid of writing because it’s extremely personal. I explore what led me to become the high functioning alcoholic that I was for many years and what it took to bring that story to an end.

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Kelly Tompkins

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Weight lifting, languages, bouldering, and horror movies. Austinite and owner of two black cats. Sober blog at soberlykelly.com and editor of Keeping it spooky.

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