One Last Secret | Augusten Burroughs

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Augusten Burroughs knows how to keep a secret. An autodidact with no formal education (https://www.augusten.com/) beyond elementary school, he began working as a copywriter in his late teens and spent 18 years creating global ad campaigns. Behind the scenes, though, he was falling apart, an alcoholic, harboring the effects of what he describes as a wildly-chaotic, abusive and destructive childhood that he'd eventually detail in the massive New York Times bestseller-turned major motion picture, Running With Scissors ( https://amzn.to/2qkxRus). He's since written numerous follow-on memoirs and novels, and crafted a life as a successful writer. But, there was one area Augusten never told…