>My life seems so incredibly vanilla compared to some of the stuff I read here. And I think that I'm a fairly colorful character. Am I the minority or are the addicts, depressed and clinically insecure just more vocal?

We are all private individuals on our own journey through life. Some have issues, some don't. Some are happy and content, others ride a storm. So, yeah there are occasional issues here just as there are issues in everyone's life from time to time. A person is not obligated to provide assistance until an individual asks and even then, he may choose to not help. Either way life glides on into the future. How was that for a philosophical answer?