Dear Abe: i need help! I am a 50 -year -old woman married and well learned. I am also a scholars and I am not proud of that. I started a few years ago when I accidentally left an element in my shopping cart. Since then, I have found it easy to take things – shoes, makeup, jewelry, clothes.
I am out of control. I know it is wrong. I say to myself, “That's all! I will not steal.” Then go and do it again. I want to stop this madness inside myself, but I can't tell anyone. Please help me. Take what I have not in Tennessee
Dear take: It is clear that stopping this “madness within yourself” alone does not work. An embarrassing as it might be, it's time to admit a qualified person to help you need it. Your doctor or medical insurance company may be able to refer you to a licensed psychological therapist while maintaining the confidentiality of the matter. Please do not wait to arrive.
Dear Abe: I went to dinner with a friend who told me two years ago that he was addicted to alcohol and went to rehabilitation. Since that time, I had doubts about sobriety because of his serious family problems and his later statement for me, after one year of treatment, he decided that he was “not addicted to alcohol.”
When we had dinner recently, I requested a cup of wine, and ordered its usual diet. At the end of the dinner, I went to the bathroom and on my way back, I saw him taking a few sips of my remains wine. When I went back to the table, I didn't say anything. I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do. If not, what should I say to watch an alcohol addicted drink a drink? – I was surprised in New York
Dear, I was surprised: At the end of the treatment, the mustache problem does not announce that it is not addicted to alcohol. Your friend may be addicted to alcohol, but it is still one. It seems from your message that his park may be a bit volatile. If the two were very close friends, you would have told him that you saw what he did. If not, you are right to remain silent because it was not useful.
Dear Abe: My son was imagined using donor sperm. I never told him that his deceased father did not want him to know that he was not his biological father, and they loved each other dearly.
My son, now in his thirties, has done something DNA and is now wondering why he is a 60 % Jew when it's not in any of the family. I am torn around if I should tell him. I feel dismay not to tell him as a child. I am afraid that this may be a great shock to him. – My mother is anxious in Nevada
Dear mom, anxiety: “Children” is more flexible than sometimes we believe. You should not leave this world with this incomplete work. Your son deserves to know that since your husband felt that revealing that you need artificial insemination to perceive it will make him look less manly, so you cannot reveal this important information while living. How sad, because it will not make it less loving or less than a role model.
Dear Abe, written by Abigil van Burin, also known as Jin Phillips, and was founded by her mother Pauline Phillips. Call my dear Abby to http://www.dearabby.com or Po Box 69440, Los Angeles, California 90069.
