TMI

I recently wrote an article for an on line magazine called Holl and Lane

The article was published a couple of days ago

And was entitled 'Inside the mind of an addict' 

It was basically my story 

From childhood 

To now 

And everything in between 

It was a long article 

And even though it has just been published 

I wrote it and submitted it back in October

So reading it yesterday

Was like reading it for the first time

As I read through it 

Some thing suddenly struck me

And hit me like a brick to the head

Am I over sharing?

Am I telling too much about my life?

Am I leaving myself open and vulnerable?

Am I doing the wrong thing?

Is there a reason why most people don't air their dirty laundry?

After I finished reading the article

I felt utterly naked and exposed

I wanted to take the article back 

And submit a nice polished fairy story of my life 

With a neat little ending where everything turns out ok

And I marry the prince who saved me from myself 

As you know 

I don't write an awful lot about my family 

I mention my mum and sister a lot 

And my sisters depression

But I try not to write about my family too much 

In this particular article 

I wrote a little bit about growing up

And I can't write about growing up without talking about the addiction in my home

The unhappy place it was to be

And the tyrant my father was

But now I feel guilty about writing about him

Because he's not like that anymore 

He has changed 

Markedly so

I don't want to point the finger at him

And blame him for all the shit my family has been through 

But at the same time

I have to be honest 

And tell my truth

My account of my own life 

But I wonder 

Am I being too honest?

Should I really be writing so explicitly about my life?

Will it come back to haunt me in the future?

I mean 

I give a full and frank account of my life here 

And I really don't know what other way to tell my story 

I don't write anonymously 

Heck there's big ass photo of me on the front of my blog!

I don't know

With all that said

I was wondering about you

What do you think about honesty while blogging?

Do you think we should hold back and preserve our dignity?

Or are you in favour of telling all?

Inquiring minds want to know.....