Instead, she uses her platform to reveal the more painful details of her past, from her struggle with addiction to the sexual abuse she suffered as a child. "I knew I was falling apart but I had to look like a good mom who was present for her children," she wrote in an excerpt from her book. "I have grown into myself and come to a place where I want to be honest about my flaws. If I can do that in front of the world, then I can remain honest with myself."