I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath.

I was always an overachiever.

So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.

If pornographers can hook adolescents when their hormones are raging, they know they'll have an ongoing consumer base for life.

It was hard to turn down the money since I didn't have a job, but I didn't want to exploit my notoriety because I knew the way I'd been living was wrong.

But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past.

In my case, I learned that although God loves us, he doesn't grant us immunity from the consequences of our choices.