Man! I know it's your life, and respect that, so don't think I'm trivialising what happened, but this is more like a movie of the week or something! Really interesting, and two weeks seems a long way off now to wait!
Most interesting thing that happened to me with IRC was that I got hooked on it, to the point where I spent my entire two weeks' holidays chatting till about 6am then going to sleep, missing the day. After a while I realised it was taking over my life and cut it out completely. Never went back. I found people got very possessive on IRC: if you werent there EVERY DAY at a specific time (never mind the time difference --- why is it Americans think it's always their time wherever in the world you are? I would say at 3-4 am time to go to bed and she'd say but it's only 7pm or whatever! ) they got annoyed, upset, clingy, as if you had nothing else to do. Well, I didn't, but that's beside the point.
People laugh, but IRC addiction can be as bad as any drug I feel. In fact, as you've demonstrated above, it can be worse, as it can hurt others, often without you even knowing it (suicide notes on a blocked screen). I don't think anyone I dealt with was that unhinged or desperate, but then I cut all ties so I would never have known. Glad things seem to have worked out for you anyway.
Great journal, great writing. I always check when you post, as it's always, without exception, worth it.
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