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‘I perfected deception’: My secret life as a relapsed alcoholic | Meghan O'Gieblyn
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · 5:00 AM

Everyone knew about my years of addiction, the dangers I had put myself in. The second time around, after 11 years sober, not even my husband knew I am finding it very hard to write about my return to drinking. This is unexpected, given that I spent more than 10 years identifying as an alcoholic and narrating, from the podiums of church basements, the most shameful and unflattering moments of my life. The story of ho
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