Originally Posted by
Impurrfect 
At some point, we have to take responsibility for our lives, as adults. Whether we need counseling, meetings, or friends on a place like this, we realize that we are responsible for OUR behaviors. We can't change others, we can't change the past (ours OR theirs), but we can make today and our future the best it can be by taking care of ourselves.
I so agree. Only he can make peace with those horrible memories and the battered child that still exists in his mind.
God knows I wish I could change my own past, all those wasted years.. but the only thing I can and have done is learn from it and let it go.
Thank You.