ASHAMED, EMBARRASSED, HUMILIATED

It is the affliction we dare not speak of. It grips your life in the shadows yet hides in plain sight. It is the expected, accepted norm despite its horrible destruction. You were exposed so young. You know it has affected your life and those around you. You are ashamed and embarrassed and have no one to trust with this secret addiction. You will disgust them. They will humiliate you, shun you, banish you, deem you an unworthy perversion to humanity unable to live in the light. Lift up your head. Let not your heart be troubled. There is hope! You are amongst friends.