I've been to a couple of weekend conferences with Abbie Robson, who wrote Secret Scars, and also one by Kate Middleton (not THE Kate Middleton - as she has had to explain to her 5-year-old!) who has also written a good book - although not a SHer herself. Abbie started a Christian website for theose who struggle with SH, ED etc. If you search for "Adullam Ministries" you will find it.
I'm unusual in that I only started SH when I was 58. I stopped for 2 years when I was 61, but have slipped occasionally since.
hey ... I am Billie ( yeah my name is really billie) I was raised catholic but never took it serously ... so now i am 19 and in college at a christian college, and finaly fully giving my life to jesus....
here are the links to my posts about me and about my past...
"What could I do? I can’t fix your stuttering. I can’t wipe the razor-blade scars off your wrists or the cigarette burns off the back of you hands. I can’t give you a new mother. And as far as the nurse riding you like this, rubbing your nose in your weakness till what little dignity you got left is gone and you shrink up to nothing from humiliation, I can’t do anything about that either."
— Chief Bromden, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey.
"What could I do? I can’t fix your stuttering. I can’t wipe the razor-blade scars off your wrists or the cigarette burns off the back of you hands. I can’t give you a new mother. And as far as the nurse riding you like this, rubbing your nose in your weakness till what little dignity you got left is gone and you shrink up to nothing from humiliation, I can’t do anything about that either."
— Chief Bromden, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey.
i'm ok thanks Solo. possibly coming back to the realization that i need God to be in control. but still not feeling ready to do that, if that makes sense? how are you?
~Miriam~ It does make sense. I'm kinda in the same boat actually. How am I? It depends. If you want the courtesy answer, I'm good. If you want the truth, I'm not good at all! Take your pick. I'm so glad you're doing ok! That was the truth right?
sorry you're feeling bad, can i help? my answer was a mixture of the truth and courtesy :) i am mostly ok but if i didn't have my mum here i'd be falling apart and i hate that, she shouldn't need to be here.
Hey everyone, Im Merri for those who havent talked to or seen me for a while.
Can i have some prayers? im really struggling at the moment finding and getting a Job, also im kinda stuck at a cross-roads so to speak between choosing and following freedom/ recovery or staying in the place im at. I know the choice is obvious but its the fear that's holding me back. I mean i want to want to get better but im to scared to let go.
The BRAVEST thing
I ever did was CONTINUING MY LIFE when I wanted to die.
~Miriam~ I dunno. You can't change my circumstances, but having someone to talk to might help. I don't post much for support cause I'm very private. Maybe we could pm or email or text? Don't feel obligated! I understand wishing you didn't need your Mom there, but you're so blessed that she is! Please let me know if there's any way I can help you!
~Merri~ I understand your cross-roads dilema all too well. That's where I'm at too. Keep postin or pm me if you like. I'm prayin for ya hun.
a little. i am just really down right now.....and i know God can help me yet i am not letting him do that completely, i still am trying to do it all by myself and clearly that hasnt been working out for me
take one step at a time, keep your head held high, and your eyes on Him, always.
I'm guilty of that too. He doesn't intend for us to do it on our own. I think maybe he allows us to go through some of these things so we will turn to him. When we finally do and we come out better, then we're able to help others.
ughhh. i hate that i dont even know what i believe anymore >.<
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
