11-02-2010, 01:15 PM
Marvinteck, what a story! Thanks for sharing it. I hope that being able to write it down has helped a little.
I can relate to some of your story, but I never went down the substance use route. I got myself married when I was nineteen and hoped to grow out of liking men. Of course the people at church were keen to get me "settled".
It is the hardest thing in the world to move away from a formerly-held belief system. When I finally came out I went into counselling to help me deal with depression. I thought I was going to talk about being gay, but I then spent two years working through the stuff left by the Mormon Church I thought I had left 15 years previously, before I could begin to deal with anything else.
People who are sucked into religion have NO idea how much their attitudes and behaviour damage others. Congratulations for being able to pull yourself free. It's not such a scary world when we can finally take responsibility for our own decisions.
May your future be much, much happier.
I can relate to some of your story, but I never went down the substance use route. I got myself married when I was nineteen and hoped to grow out of liking men. Of course the people at church were keen to get me "settled".
It is the hardest thing in the world to move away from a formerly-held belief system. When I finally came out I went into counselling to help me deal with depression. I thought I was going to talk about being gay, but I then spent two years working through the stuff left by the Mormon Church I thought I had left 15 years previously, before I could begin to deal with anything else.
People who are sucked into religion have NO idea how much their attitudes and behaviour damage others. Congratulations for being able to pull yourself free. It's not such a scary world when we can finally take responsibility for our own decisions.
May your future be much, much happier.
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