It is so tempting to return rudeness with rudeness!

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 may not be able to convince everyone around you that you're doing the right thing, but you don't have to subject yourself to endless second-guessing from others, either.

Asexuality does not make our lives any worse or any better, we just face a different set of challenges than most sexual people.

Someone who responds to "Please don't grope me" with whining and pouting isn't a friend. He's an asshole and a predator.

There has to be some kind of personal hygiene bar that a person needs to clear in order for a relationship to be successful.

If your wife briefly corrects someone with "Actually, I'm bisexual" during conversation, it hardly sounds like attempting to remain an object of desire to me. If she went around saying, "Actually, I'm still very interested in men, particularly you, you massive dose of sexual charisma," you might have a case.