Sounds like the start of a beautiful friendship, Leonard. It really does.” “Here’s looking at you, kid.

He's just going to buy alcohol or drugs, you know", Lauren said, which made me sad, because she didn't know that man at all, let alone whether he had a dependency problem.

Maybe that's why adults drink, gamble, and do drugs - because they can't get naturally lit anymore. Maybe we lose that ability as we get older.

I found posts about how to slit your wrists the "right way", so you will actually die, and that depressed me, because people actually post stuff like that, and even though I wanted to know the answer, so I could weigh my options, that info maybe shouldn't be on the internet...
But really - why do some people post the correct ways to commit suicide on the internet? Do they want weird, sad people like me to go away permanently? Do they think it's a good idea for some people to off themselves? How can you tell when you are one of those people who should slash his wrists the right way with a razor blade? Is there an answer for that too? I Googled but nothing concrete came up. Just ways to complete the mission. Not justification.

That's basically the mantra of Herr Silverman's teaching - think for yourself and do what's right for you, but let others do the same.

You're different. And I'm different too. Different is good. But different is hard. Believe me, I know.