Friends, Squatters and Lurkers--Life in a fishbowl

[holdingon]

For the first time, I think he felt SOOOOO much that he shut himself down completely to avoid feeling the pain. I've felt bits and pieces of this to be true all along, but not to the magnitude I feel right now. The alcohol, the holing up in the apartment and watching reruns of Law & Order, the mindless social activities with Gary (maybe I'm talking about Sponge Bob?), the seemingly constant conflict avoidance, the unwillingness to address the elephant that is sitting in our living room. They are ALL evidence pointing to this very truth.

Soooo, what to do about it?