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Suicide
May 17, 2014 12:24:26 GMT -8
Post by Susan Peabody on May 17, 2014 12:24:26 GMT -8
I am reaching out for prayers for a sixteen year old girl named Val. I just got a suicide note from her. When I responded with my phone number and some encouraging words, her email account had been closed. I felt a kind of dread that she did not leave an opening for someone to reach her. I don't know what to do. I woke up really sad. I feel so powerless. But this email is about her not me. She needs your prayers. For those of you who do not pray, please put a blessing out into the universe and remember to always be loving to people, you never know how needed a kind word might be.
Susan Peabody
P.S. She was a love addict not in recovery yet. She reached out and I gave her the link to the message board which has an entire forum for people who are suicidal. I created this board for people who could not afford therapy, but I feel I should have just given her some of my time for free. When I started recovery it all came to me from God through sponsors who never charged me. I am always been ambivalent about charging people money and now I feel so guilty. This has been a tremendous wake-up call for me.
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Suicide
May 17, 2014 12:46:42 GMT -8
Post by Deleted on May 17, 2014 12:46:42 GMT -8
hi susan,you are not sure that she killed her self,she might be ok.i hope she will reach out to you.i will pray for her and you.hugs meli
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Suicide
May 17, 2014 18:28:10 GMT -8
Post by James C T on May 17, 2014 18:28:10 GMT -8
Susan, you made yourself available in more ways that it seemed others in her life made themselves available. In the end if she did something drastic, it wasn't because you didn't do enough.
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Suicide
May 17, 2014 20:27:29 GMT -8
Post by chrysalis on May 17, 2014 20:27:29 GMT -8
Hi Susan, I will pray for her too. Maybe she is alright and is just isolating herself from outside contact. Please do not feel guilty as you have helped so many of us and have made yourself available to this girl through phone contact. If the worst has happened it could be that physical help within her immediate circle was not available in time. God will be there for those in distress.
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Suicide
May 18, 2014 2:16:33 GMT -8
Post by Jacarandagirl on May 18, 2014 2:16:33 GMT -8
Hmm, I have been in the same position lately with a CoDA lady who I was taking through the first 14 days questions with. I was avoiding calling her even though she had told me she had been suicidal, because I didn't want to set up something where I was being codependent with her, and rescuing her, or having her feeling like I was her rescuer. I was afraid of getting swamped I think. I should have rung her earlier than i did, over a week later after not hearing from her. Luckily for me she is still around and going to meetings, she just had a lot on for a while. Thanks for sharing this Susan. I'm sending white light out into the universe to find this young woman and help her to heal.
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Suicide
May 18, 2014 3:06:58 GMT -8
Post by Sexlessw on May 18, 2014 3:06:58 GMT -8
If Val is OUT THERE and reading this - PLEASE POST. Tell us where you are - we will be here for you. That's not a load of B.S.!
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Post by CodepNomore on May 18, 2014 3:50:17 GMT -8
In behalf of this person, I thank each one of you for showing your concern and praying for her.
Susan, you can only do so much. We cannot take the place of HP/God. What you have done is enough. Ultimately this is still up to her. Our part is to pray, give advice, or support.
Love addicts go through a lot and for a teen there are more pressures and insecurities. So Val please know that Someone loves you and cares deeply for you and about you. Let God carry you and your burdens. He is just a prayer away. You can pour out your heart to him and he will listen to you and comfort you. You can count on God 24/7.
You are not alone. We are here for you.
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Suicide
May 18, 2014 22:21:49 GMT -8
Post by Loveanimals on May 18, 2014 22:21:49 GMT -8
Hi Susan,
I will pray for Val.
You never know the outcome. This has happened to me as I've had people in the state of suicide come to me and I can only do so much online and it's tough when emails bounce, etc. Susan I am sorry for how panicked you must feel.
We can only pray that she is OK and will find some peace and understanding on this board.
Val you are very welcome here and I hope you read this!
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Suicide
May 22, 2014 6:47:29 GMT -8
Post by cheatnomore on May 22, 2014 6:47:29 GMT -8
It was very sad to read of a young girl feeling so bad about her self. I can only hope and pray she gets help and will try to recover from this disease. There is hope and myself and some other posters are living proof!
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