I am ashamed to say that I struggle sometimes with posting things I know I should. It is almost always about the Lord or has done everything in my life. I have no ability to work with dogs or people without him, yet I struggle with this. I believe that my ability to do what I do is to help bring peace and love to people through dogs. The other end of the leash is my alter. Most know that I am very involved in recovery. Unfortunately, many believe that recovery is for drunks and drug addicts.
Attending and leading groups for the past five years I can very safely say that at least for men drugs and alcohol are not the root issues. The real issue is their father, that led to anger, rage, and substances as a coping mechanism. Pornography is usually a huge issue as well. This usually stems from their parents not having a healthy relationship. Two weeks ago I was at a recovery meeting with about 30-40 men. We had a main speaker and afterward I felt compared to sharing but felt funny about doing so. I shared about the difference between suicide ideation and planning. Afterwards a very close friend came up to me and told me that he had been contemplating suicide. Then the other day I was at the next meeting and the guy who had been the guest speaker at that meeting told me he had brought his Brother along and his Brother has had suicidal ideation and what I said gave him to courage to talk to his Brother about it. Then the host of the meeting told me afterwards that a guy had come to him and said he had also been thinking about suicide. My simple choice to talk about this topic had moved three men to have the courage to talk about it. Someone reading this has lost someone to suicide, is having suicidal ideation or is in the planning stage ( the most dangerous IMHO) or has had attempts in the past. This is all about the attempt to escape unbearable pain from loss, lack, and abuse. Even worse you may be seeing the warning signs in a loved one. You don’t have to live like this. I cannot help you but I can introduce you to the man that can heal you. Always feel free to message me. Thanks for letting me share. We are not supposed to do life alone.