(((((Steph))))) I know just what you mean - I will never forget reading these posts as long as I live.
One thing that just occured to me is I think that we all share something else in common here, and that is the gift of empathy. Do any of you that have suffered these outrages believe that you have a more finely tuned sense of empathy? Is this one of the good things that comes from suffering?
Even though I do believe that empathy is a gift, I also wonder if an overload of empathy is what drives us sometimes to try and "save" other people. Is that why we end up being drawn to addicts?
And for those like JG who did not know about the addiction initially, maybe you were able to sense things that were not told to you out loud.
Just thinkin' - does this make any sense?
Last edited by margo; 05-15-2003 at 01:31 PM.