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Life Changes From the Bottom Up

By

David

David writes from Long Bay Hospital in New South Wales.

Willy Pleasance

Dear About Time,

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

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

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A wise author, José A. Pagola shared:

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“…Our life changes from the bottom up…”

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This is my experience.

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

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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.

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

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Thank you all, my tears are the melting of my emotional iceberg!
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May it continue to melt!

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Shalom, David.

This
letter
was originally printed in the
May 2025
edition of About Time.
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