WHAT I LEARNED: …if no one knows us as we really are, we run the risk of making ourselves victims of our own self-hatred.  If we can be loved by somebody who sees us as we are, we will then be able to accept ourselves.  Others rarely think we’re as bad as we think we are.” – from “Alateen – Hope For Children of Alcoholics” (item # B-3), pages 17-18.