Candace, I have a question. At the end, it says, "I hate myself, but I love you". I've always heard that a person has to love themselves in order to love someone else. If this is true, how can the above statement be valid? Do you believe what I've always heard to be true or the other way?

I have alcoholics in my life now and I've had others in the past. I really wonder if any of them love/d themselves or love/d me. I've never heard it said that way before. Just curious.