Well. My belief is that you are loved. And they are loved. And when you learn to love others (like those people - feeling compassion for them) you will also learn to love yourself.
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And you know. No matter what your answer to your title question - drinking is still a bad idea. Keeping the alcohol is still a bad idea. You know that really. Why not tell that AV of yours to go do one.
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