Addiction is a stealth predator.
Unrecognized, it will grow and flourish.
Unchecked, it destroys.
Marilea Rabasa grew up in post-WWII Massachusetts in a family that lived comfortably and offered her every advantage.
But they were also haunted by closely guarded family secrets.
Alcoholism reached back through several generations, and it was not openly discussed.
Shame and stigma perpetuated the silence.
And Marilea became part of this ongoing tragedy.
From an unhappy childhood to a l.
She Writes Press Stepping stones: a memoir of addiction, loss, and transformation, paperback/marilea c. rabasa
