Saying you "have" something implies that it's temporary and undesirable. Asperger's isn't like that. You've been Aspergian as long as you can remember, and you'll be that way all your life. It's a way of being, not a disease.

Simply making myself aware of others has remarkably improved my social life. People accept me much faster now that I ignore them less.

I am sure antidepressants, drugs, and liquor have their place. But so far, that place is in others, not me.

And my experience in the music scene had shown me that there were places for places in the world where misfits were welcome.

Saying you "have" something implies that it's temporary and undesirable. Asperger's isn't like that. You've been Aspergian as long as you can remember, and you'll be that way all your life. It's a way of being, not a disease.

I don't really understsand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs

Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub.