According to The Guardian, writer Meghan O'Gieblyn has published a personal essay about returning to drinking after 11 years of sobriety. The author wrote that not even her husband knew about the relapse, a detail The Guardian's listing highlights.

The Guardian reported that the essay is written in the first person and opens by stating that everyone knew about the author's earlier years of addiction and the dangers she had placed herself in. The author describes the second time around as a period when her return to drinking was concealed from those closest to her.

According to The Guardian, the author spent more than 10 years identifying as an alcoholic and, from the podiums of church basements, narrated some of the most shameful and unflattering moments of her life. The listing is cut off before those moments are described in full.

The Guardian's summary says the author finds it very hard to write about her return to drinking. She calls that difficulty unexpected given her long history of speaking openly about addiction and recovery, as the summary presents it.

The Guardian's listing identifies Meghan O'Gieblyn as the author of the piece. The listing does not include the full text, so details such as how long the relapse lasted or how it ended are not available from this source.

The essay is the author's own account, and this report relies only on the excerpt in the listing. The full essay is available from The Guardian.

Sources: The Guardian: ‘I perfected deception’: My secret life as a relapsed alcoholic | Meghan O'Gieblyn.