gonna eat and rewatch this film,

I'm absolutely OK

So why am I not anti-drug? I've been close to several people who I believed were suffering from drug problems -- even people who destroyed their lives with drug abuse -- yet I'm a libertarian when it comes to drug laws ( Read more... )

my first boyfriend, before either of us was out, during high school ( Read more... )

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/kevin-ricks-timeline/Read more... )

you have experienced, the grief, that other people who were not abused have,

when they lose the abuser

but you are not grieving in that way

abusers don't abuse everybody, they have a charm, they use it to abuse some, and to corral others who will never notice the abuse

it isn't just newsworthy; abuse is everywhere