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I second Carolla's comment. Thank you so much. And I definitely see my reluctance as a flag. And you'll be glad to know that I'd actually brought this up with my psychotherapist in case she thought they'd be at cross-purposes and she had nothing but good things to say and feels that it will be...

I wish I had something insightful to add but I can say that having started working at a hospital for the first time I was pleased to see that they take workplace safety very seriously. I've had mandatory training on infection control, working with hazardous materials, dealing with various...

This is all exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Thank you both. I'm reluctant to go as that's of course an admission that something's wrong, or wrong for me; worse, I actually feel like it's somehow an insult or hurtful to him for me to even consider it. But it seems clear that...

Thanks, Carolla, for the insight and reassurance. After a few false starts I think I'll be able to get myself there.

Yes, that's right. I was wondering if anyone here had attended a meeting or knew anyone who did and if they had any thoughts to share.

I'm considering going to an Al-Anon meeting and I wonder if anyone here would like to share any experiences with the organization, first-hand or otherwise. (I can appreciate that the 'anon' part of Al-Anon may make you not wish to share and of course that's fine.)

I definitely don't want to derail the conversation as I think it's a great one, but I was distracted by your use of uppercase for gay. Is there a reason for it? Maybe it was to distinguish it from the pre-20th century primary definition of gay?

I could also change it to my non-dominant hand so that people would be rightly smoted. :)

It was my clever (cough) attempt to pretend that 'smote' was the past tense of 'smite.' I blame those crazy days of 2007.

The power!!!! *shakes fist at sky for no real reason*

Happy to be here! Thanks for the welcome.

Some years back I was chatting with a friend who was breathlessly awaiting news on an adoption. I was an enthusiastic cheerleader. But at the end of the conversation she said "so, what about you two, are you thinking of starting a family?" And while I mostly understood where she was coming from...