sounds like a rough start on life newfoundland.

i am also a fellow Canadian, but had the privilege of growing up in a family which had no strong feelings of any religion, people who believed there may be something greater, but couldn't limit its possibilities with the constraints of religion.

I too am also young and live in ottawa.

glad to here you have found enlightenment in your own way, and not through a restrictive and judgmental church,

anyways cheers, happy tripping