Q: My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 2 years, although for 15 months of our relationship he was in Iraq. He did drugs before I met him and also used steroids. We can both be jealous, insecure, and untrusting of each other, perhaps me more so than him. After he came back [...]

Q: Thank you for the opportunity to seek some advice. I need some help figuring out what I can do to help my girlfriend. She is 42 years old. She is angry a lot, seems depressed, and is always negative. She also seems like the biggest liar in the world. She hasn’t worked for 4 [...]

Q: I’m only 20 years old but have lived a miserable life since my dad left over 10 years ago. It’s been only me and my mom in the house. I grew up with my mom taking her anger out on me and was taught to take my anger out the way she did. When [...]

Q: I would just like to get some advice if I can. I feel as if neither one of my parents really wants or loves me. My mom and dad both drink a lot. My mom used to leave us home alone or with some random drunk person she barely knew. My dad would do [...]

Q: I’m 21 years old, and the girl I’ve been dating is 22. She was given a drink at a party last Halloween that apparently was spiked with 9 hits of “acid.” At least that’s what the toxicology report indicates. She now unfortunately suffers from “flashbacks” on a regular basis. She also has to take [...]

Q: I am writing about my girlfriend. She comes from a “perfect” family. Her parents are still together. She is the middle child and has an older brother and younger sister. The various family members don’t fight and there is no “bad blood” between any of them. Naturally, they have some minor disputes from time [...]

Q: I’m from Europe and I experienced some real problems after returning from my vacation in New York City. I had been smoking “weed”, but I think it might have been laced with PCP (phencyclidine) or something because I ended up in a mental hospital being treated for what the doctors thought was an unspecified [...]