Coneydog,
This might sound stupid but you did ask for help. You asked for help when you posted on here. The simplest thing to do is to find someone you are the most comfortable with and just ask them...if you need to "beat around the bush" till you get it in you then do it. I dropped a lot of my friends because I was sick of being the victim and getting walked all over....I also dropped anyone who did drugs. Yet I don't and never have....my boyfriend did and he has a record. I think about him...I wasn't a victim there. No matter who you are (what your past is) everyone needs to know they are doing a good job...they're making the right moves(even if they're only baby steps)
Jess