My new co-contributor

Lyssete has been chosen as my new co-contributor. She prefers to be called Lys, so I'm going with that. I asked her to type up her introduction, and here it is:

Hi all,

My name is Lys and I grew up (just my mom and I) in Boston. I moved to the southeastern part of the US when I was in my teens, and began a life of partying and living in excess. At age 14, I was raped by a boy I'd been dating for almost a year, and I contracted Herpes. My partying and drug use escalated from there until I cleaned up my act, with the help of my mom, and went to rehab. I have been drug free since 16, and I have been in a happy married relationship since I was 22. I am 26 now and finishing up my Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education. I feel I have much to offer as a co-contributor. I'd been through so much by the time I exited my teens that I actually became a peer counselor for a local high school because I wanted to help people to avoid going through what I did. Feel free to email me here with any questions you may have about me as well. I look forward to hearing from any of you that may write in.

Lys

Thanks Lys. More from me tomorrow.

Sean