scott,
man i hear your pain. making such a perceived mistake only makes our thoughts of being inhuman and unworthy far more real doesn't it? i know exactly what you are feeling because i felt the same way four months ago when i betrayed lady theo. there was absolutely no way i could be worthy of her love after doing such a dispicable thing. do you want to know what the real miracle is here, scott? she forgave me and told me that she still loved me. i could not believe it for some time and even dissociated to escape, but i could not go far enough because my pain over hurting her was too great. i had to come back and that is when i realized she was still holding me in her arms. i don't know exactly what happened, scott, between you and your friend, but whatever it was, whether it was a mistake you truly made or a misunderstanding that got blown out of proportion, hold on!!!! in the midst of our pain we cannot think straight and want to do things that would harm not only ourselves but those we feel as though we already hurt. the pain is real, i know it is, but so is the friendship. hold on, scott, please hold on. the pain has to stop, yes, it does, but not like that, it will only get worse my friend because if we act on wanting to stop our pain it leaves a hole we can never fill, but, if we hold on while we are going through this we come out of it stronger for having survived it. we survived the worst kind of hell imaginable to inflict upon an innocent child, how can we throw that survival away when we cannot even think straight at the moment? we can't, scott, we can't!!! hold on, man!!!