“Those feelings are fluid and temporary! You must protect that small deep secret part of you that needs to live. There are people out there that care. Reach out!”— Joanne M., recovery.org
“I, too, have and do fight that same fight. I'm not you and unless you share it, there's no way I can understand what you’re going through. It's a hard struggle and it's different for each of us. But, know this, I do know what it feels like to be all alone in this. I'm human and I mess it up quite of…”— Jerald H., recovery.org
“Try to open up, I know it’s hard, but it's the silence that kills. It robs you of reaching out, it makes you feel unworthy, it closes you off. Just try, open up, to a mirror, a wall, then a person, sometimes a stranger will listen better than a family. A preacher, a pastor, they are there not to con…”— JoAnne B., recovery.org
“I love you, and I am sorry you are having these feelings. I am here, I will help you get through this. You will come out a better person. I know. I promise because I have been there. Now, let me pray for you.”— Ness F., recovery.org