[GoldenGutters]

Bamboozle, you just told my story up until about ten years ago. It took me three years in AA just just to acknowledge other gay men...they absolutely terrified me! I felt exposed, like those horrible dreams where you're back in school and you've somehow lost your pants. It took me another year before I could walk into a gym and not feel like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. The truth is you just have to walk out the door and face your fears one at a time. Yeah, it FAR easier said than done, but YOU built your prison, and you've got to be the one to take it down.