Abstract
This layered account uses personal experience to expand understanding of communicatively managing courtesy stigma, which remains a curiously understudied phenomenon in the communication discipline. Specifically, the author draws on courtesy stigma, closeting theory, stigma management communication, and communication privacy management to help interpret and make meaning out of experiences related to parental alcohol abuse. The vignettes provide an alternative understanding of stigma management and disclosure processes.
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