Dear Sugar Letter #27

Your Lucky Car Crash of a Life

Painting: “Self-Portrait with a Black Eye,” Lucian Freud, 1978. Photo: Dominic Lipinski, PA Images.

Dear Sugar, 

You know how some people say they don’t have any regrets? I can’t imagine how that feels. When I think about my past, I’m full of regret. I’m writing to you for advice about how to eradicate this shame, or at least make it less damaging to my p…