Why does it help to read others' stories? It is not only that misery loves company, because (I learned) misery is too self-absorbed to want much company. Others' experiences did help with my emotional struggle.

Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself.

The hopeful part about that is when you do have that help, you will feel better. It still doesn't make this easy. Nothing makes this easy, but you can make better decisions.

A world of contradictions, wherein everything is gray and almost nothing is black and white.

Here's a note to the parents of addicted children: Choose your music carefully...There are millions of treacherous moments.

Wherever you be, wherever you may, seek the truth, strive for the beautiful, achieve the good.

Why does it help to read others' stories? It is not only that misery loves company, because (I learned) misery is too self-absorbed to want much company. Others' experiences did help with my emotional struggle.