Friends can satisfy emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and social needs, as well as physical and sexual needs. So cultivate friends and use them wisely. Don t forget to listen as well. Using becomes misusing or abusing when it becomes uncaring, when it lacks the consideration that makes life in general worthwhile. When that happens, do what you can to correct the situation in which you feel abused, but if that fails, leave.
Life has enough hurts and disappointments without staying around for unnecessary and unhealthy ones.
There is also enough joy and happiness available for everyone if you can put aside being on the defensive all the time which is what will happen if you stay in a bad relationship too long. Raymond J. Noonan. If you enjoyed these excerpts from Dr. Noonan s chapter, you ll find his updated and expanded version even more enlightening. Continuum Publishing Co. This new book contains an updated version of the chapter on the United States contained in the International Encyclopedia of Sexuality . You can visit the publisher for more information, then come back to order, or you can order directly from the publisher .