GUYS, please help me? Thanks.?

Published January 23, 2011

Question by adrienne: GUYS, please help me? Thanks.?
Sorry this is going to be long. I’d appreciate your advice 🙂

BACKGROUND:
Anyways, I used to be a drug addict. I used due to childhood abuse. (In no way does this justify using) Then I went through three months of treatment and have been in recovery for a year. My life seems to be back on track. I’m going to school and just trying to enjoy life.

I cut all contact with former sketchy friends. Now I don’t have to many friends. I’ve met some people. But I’d rather focus on school and meet genuine people there. This makes me feel so insecure. But I tell myself that I’ll meet good friends later. And it’s not worth hanging out with my old “friends”. It’s hard.

Enough of that.

Now the question:
So I met this guy who seems to be nice. I told him about my abuse. But I left out my past drug addiction and the issue with friends. I want to be honest but I’m worried that it might scare him away. Also I don’t want him to think I’m a loner.

So GUYS, if I told you about my situation … would you be understanding or turned off?

Thanks for helping
Thanks all 🙂 We’re in the initial stages of just getting to know each other. I think if i told him now, it’d be too much. Maybe once I get to know him a bit more, I plan to disclose it.

Best answer:

Answer by DannyBoy
Better to be honest up front in my opinion. It would take a lot of stress out of the whole situation rather than worrying about him finding out later.

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