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□ e a r Uncle Mike, How do I en d u re loneliness? How do 1 deal w ith th a t restless feeling in m y gut th a t m akes m e face th e reality th a t I'm not enjoying m y life? I scare m yself co n tem plating th e solutions to ^ F v e 'a iw a y s thought th a t w ith friends, you can g et through p re tty m uch an y th in g T here is one person w ho really ca re s about m e, and I grew up w ith him . H e's aw ay a t college. I love him m ore th a n anything. I m h ap p y w h en I'm w ith him. . 9 So m y question is this: How am I to overcom e this painful isolation. Believe me, I’ve tried . Is life even w o rth it w ith o u t friends? I m defin itely looking fo rw ard to college. Lynn in Seaside ^ i T l i f ^ w o r t h living w ith o u t friends? Probably not. F ortu n ately you have one T hat y o u 're se p a ra te d from him m akes you, for th e m om ent, alone Alone is a n eu tral state. Being lonely is y o u r decision, an d it's a H O PE L. 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It's an in a p p ro p riate response. The hollow ness you feel com es from deciding n o t to a c c e p t w h a t is. No, Uncle Mke is n o t denying th a t the sta te of S iam ese tw in sh ip love triggers in all of us: th a t joining a t th e h e a rt and th e g u t w h ich , w h en s e a r e d m akes tw o com plete hum an beings feel h alf of w ho th e y w ere. He has, Lord know s, been th e re . B ut m issing som eone 1S ° ne thing, f obsessing on the void they le ft is another. L oneliness is th e m istaking of w a n t for need, th e illusion of th e half em p ty cup, th e idiot notion th a t th e tides of th e u n iv erse h av e gone o u t and w ill n e v e r re tu rn . Being all b u t hum an, Uncle Mike is no stra n g e r to this so rt of gloomy n itw itte ry and does n o t for a m o m en t u n d e re stim a te its ability to naralvze w ill pow er, good ch eer, and th e ability to reason. Yes, he has w allow ed a tim e o r tw o. H ere's w h a t he finally realized. Lovers have a delightful knack for living inside each o ther. No m a tte r w h e re you are, th e re th ey are. People have been know n to w rite poem s about this. So tryU ncl?M ike is glad y o u 're looking fo rw a rd to college. Aside from b ru ta l ex p erien ce, education is th e sh o rte s t p ath to u nderstanding. C A SC A DE A ID S PR O JE C T \ ^ ^ h a v e a large aquarium and am thinking of adding an octopus, Am I being foolish? IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE 5TEA* MTH.. YOU M IG H T WANT TO FOLLOW THESE. S T E P S TO ATTAIN M A X IM U M enjoyment YO u RSÍLF wëmty OF TIME UNDRESS IN THE AREA PROVIDED TAKE OFF WATCHES AND LOOSE J Í.W .L M . Í nter steam rolm . TOU AMY WANT TO N ational O rganization for the R eform of M arijuana L aws 1001 C onnecticut A venue NW S uite 1010 W ashington , DC 20036 stretch out in a RECLINING- POSITION TO COMPLETELY RELAX XI 1 ^R E E N T E R THE S T ÍA M , team cord until DESIRED TEMPERATURE IS 8CQUW0. IT SWATHING IS iirriC UíT.. 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Den iv e n ?ne a^small tow n. L ast w eek, a frien d told m e sh e 'd been hearing ru m o rs. W ith o u t getting into them , th e y 're to tally u n fo u n d ed and com p letely o u t of c h a ra c te r for me. I h a v e n 't lived h e re long enough for e v e ry o n e to know b etter. Should I c o n fro n t th e situation o r ignore it. y In nocent in A storia ° U ncle Mike w ould suggest both. Unless those spread in g th e ru m o r are m uch larg er th a n you or are know n to c a rry w eapons, w a it for a public X o r t u X to s e /th e m straight. W ithin e a rsh o t of a t le ast tw o o th e r people, tell th em th e ir m outh seem s m uch bigger than th e ir brain, and th a t aside from having the ethics of w easel, th e y 're full of c ra p and y o u 'd a p p re c ia te it if th e y 'd dum m y up. Uncle Mike assum es th e people w ho c o u n t in y o u r life know w h a t's w h a t w ith you. The opinions of o th e rs d e se rv e to be roundly ignored. 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