It's so difficult to figure out how to offer support and also be honest with someone you love who's in a damaging relationship without making them feel defensive and retreating even further into isolation.

As you feel increasingly comfortable around your friends, I think it's more than fine to share the basic details of your heroin addiction with them. If they seem receptive, you can feel free to talk about it in further detail; if they seem judgmental or uncomfortable, you can move on to other topics.

You can care very much about someone without being capable of becoming their primary caregiver in the event of their parents' untimely death.

Some struggling marriages can be salvaged with hard work and counseling; others should be dismantled and stripped for parts.

Enjoy your relationship with your boyfriend and don't worry about the people or situations you dream about. Once you wake up, they're over; let them go.

If and when you do decide to share your experience with your husband, it should be because you feel ready to do so, not for any other reason.

LGBT youth face a much higher risk of violence and homelessness after being rejected by their family of origin.