It is comfortable and perhaps even convenient for us to wear our rose-tinted glasses. In fact, there is another pair of glasses we wear too - this pair of glasses works like transition glasses, except that it turns our view dark in response to darkness. We magnify stains - failing to notice other beautiful colours. "I felt a heavy weight on my shoulders having to deal with these assumptions.” “It’s a record that sticks with me and it’s hard for people to see past my mistakes.

By: Caroline, 22 years old, Youth Enhanced Supervision (Y.E.S) *Names have been changed to protect the author's privacy. Imagine if we could drink all the beer we want. We get intoxicated and our emotional pain gets numbed. But if we were to repeat it, day in and day out, drinking more beer each time, will we be immune to its effects? Like everyone else, Caroline’s answer was yes too. After going through divorce and mounting family problems, the pain she felt could no longer