killing teens in the name of religion.......

[Marvinteck]

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".

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.

If I wasnt socially phobic I would more than likely have a wife and kids as well right now. I was able to leave my addictions behind me. Sorta hard to make a family disappear once you come out so I am sorta glad I went the route I did. Thank you for your support and kind words.

My home town Marion NY is just directly north of Palmyra NY where Mormonism was founded. The Mormons would have an big festival called The Hill Cumorah Pageant every summer. From a outsiders perspective I always got a cultish vibe off them.