“What your thoughts are about . . . that’s no one’s business.” I say. “You don’t owe that to anyone. You and your thoughts are not the same thing. If you don’t want to be with someone right now because it’s too much on top of everything else, that’s one thing. But if it’s because you think you don’t deserve to be with someone . . . Jack, you don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to be in recovery or have everything under control. You deserve to be happy. Not later, but right now. You deserve as much happiness as you can get. And for what it’s worth, I think plenty of people would want to be
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