How old were you when you came out?

Knowing your gay is one thing. Admitting your gay is another. To tell anybody your gay is a milestone. To "come out" to your family is yet another milestone.

I was 12 when I had an idea that I was gay. By the time I was 16 I knew! I did nothing about it. By the time I was 20 I had a drinking problem. By the time I hit 30 I had one DWI and almost got another.

I started to come out in 1996. I was 29 years old. I went through hell before I came out. When I was 30 I came out on "Mother's day".

My sister came out 2 years later.

Now my life beacame more manageable when I came out. My life had a since of control once I quit drinking. When I loved the person who I really am I became a human and not a shell of a person.

If your reading this and your struggling with coming out trust me it does get better.