Our faults are more pardonable than our efforts to hide them.” – La Rochefoucauld

Hiding things makes so much sense, is so compellingly important to the addict, the secret bearer, the flawed one. But in the end the secret will find its way out. It may not show itself directly, but something wrong in the world will. Maybe it will be anger and frustration with family or friends that isn’t deserved and doesn’t make sense. Maybe it will be escapist behavior that threatens yourself and those around you, or it might be an out and out full exposure of the secret when you least expect it. But however the secret comes out, directly or not, holding onto it will affect your life for the worse, not the better in the long run.

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