ISSUE NO. 10
May 2025
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Letters

Life Changes From the Bottom Up

By
David

David writes from Long Bay Hospital in New South Wales.

Willy Pleasance

Dear About Time,

Your December, 2024 issue of About Time lived up to a standard of quality journalism second to none.

Thanks to your staff and all who contributed letters, stories, artwork, sound information, legal opinions, humour, therapies to enable transformation and the like.

A wise author, José A. Pagola shared:

“…Our life changes from the bottom up…”

This is my experience.

My bottom: suicide ideation at 45 years old. A chronic alcoholic. Powerless. Broken. Hit bottom.

My “God” worked through caring, broken, healing others like many contributors to About Time, and with my willingness to “grow up”, co-operate with help offered, I am free – even in prison.

This is the continuous “therapy” I receive from those considered on the “bottom.” Never doubt your goodness.

Thank you all, my tears are the melting of my emotional iceberg!

May it continue to melt!

Shalom, David.

Dear About Time,

Your December, 2024 issue of About Time lived up to a standard of quality journalism second to none.

Thanks to your staff and all who contributed letters, stories, artwork, sound information, legal opinions, humour, therapies to enable transformation and the like.

A wise author, José A. Pagola shared:

“…Our life changes from the bottom up…”

This is my experience.

My bottom: suicide ideation at 45 years old. A chronic alcoholic. Powerless. Broken. Hit bottom.

My “God” worked through caring, broken, healing others like many contributors to About Time, and with my willingness to “grow up”, co-operate with help offered, I am free – even in prison.

This is the continuous “therapy” I receive from those considered on the “bottom.” Never doubt your goodness.

Thank you all, my tears are the melting of my emotional iceberg!

May it continue to melt!

Shalom, David.

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I’ve spent most of my adult life behind bars, and I’m not proud to say it. It’s been such a bloody waste.

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