Q: I have been with my boyfriend for close to two years and it has been a wonderful time but he has depression and he drinks almost every night — maybe five to seven beers when I’m around. He acknowledged he has a drinking problem and that the depression does play a role. He is [...]

Q: I am an eighteen-year-old female. I fear that I have psychological issues and have had them since the age of fifteen but I am afraid to open up or seek help. My questions are: whether or not I should seek help and if so, how to go about it. I currently have major issues [...]

Q: I am 35 years old. My mother is an alcoholic who only drinks at night. She was always loving and caring to me and my sisters, but would become a horrible person at night. I remember her saying awful things to us and her trying to make us hug her. I also remember her [...]

Q: I’m 19 years old; I was 18 when this happened. I had just broken up with my first love, whom I was with for over a year, so I was completely vulnerable and didn’t want to be alone. I met a guy right away and started dating him. About a month later, we were [...]

Q: I feel like a chameleon and because of that I hate myself. I grew up Mormon, but recently left my faith. Sometimes I feel that the beliefs of the church are false, but on other days I feel that they are true. I feel like a compulsive liar, especially to myself. Some days I [...]

Q: Over the past few years my 24-year-old sister-in-law has had legal problems due to her alcohol and drug use. She was physically violent with her partner after becoming intoxicated, she was recently caught driving under the influence, and she was expelled from college due to possession of marijuana. She has solicited support from my [...]

Q: I have been with my fiancée for 4 years now. We started out as best friends for about a year and then started to date. We moved to another state together about eight months ago for her job. I became employed and we had been living our life pretty stress-free until October when her [...]