^This community saved my life as well. It reaches so many people from every walk of life in a meaningful way. No need here to fit into anything--you can be who you are, where you are and say whatever it is you need to say. I came in as a distraught mother mourning my son's overdose. I found not only compassion for my situation but what I really was craving at the time, which was compassion for my son's situation. In the "real world" of face-to-face interactions the judgments we have to wade through or break past are so numerous--your age, your looks, your persona, your social class, your geographic place on the planet, your political views, religion, clothing, accent, race etc etc etc--we humans find so many ways to divide ourselves from each other and then wonder why each of us is imprisoned in loneliness. This is why I stay and give back to this community. It is a unique place with a lot to offer.