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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
Childhood, Shame, Embarrassment
"INTERVIEW: Augusten Burroughs, Author of ‘Running With Scissors’". Interview with Laremy Legel, www.ropeofsilicon.com. October 27, 2006.
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.