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Childhood is what ended me up in the hospital and teetering on the edge of deathly alcoholism. It was really good for me to accept it. To accept all the embarrassment and the shame so I don't feel like I used to.

Augusten Burroughs

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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Accepting
Hospital
Used
Hospitals
Feel
Ended
Feels
Edge
Really
Edges
Teetering
Good
Shame
Deathly
Like
Childhood
Alcoholism
Accept
Embarrassment

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