'A couple of weeks ago I met up with Lucie and Kev to discuss what would go on my pages on the Wired In Our Community blogs. I was asked to think about five words that would best describe me. I went home and thought about it, but I just couldn’t think of the right words. I grabbed a pen and paper to write down some thoughts and the next thing I knew I had written my personal story!'
Please visit Brian White's personal page by clicking on his name in the title.
4 comments:
Brain, I have just read your journey, from childhood to the present, you have tremdous strength and will power. I takes a huge amount of guts to share your horrendous journey on the web for others to read, I admire you totally in doing so. I have had a similar journey and am still dealing with the issues, yet you have inspired me to make a decision which I have been Pondering on for many a day. There is a saying Brain! "THE CHOICES WE MAKE, NOT THE THE CHANCES WE TAKE, DETERMINE OUR DESTINY" all the best Brain, hope you can handle me saying that you are a miracle to be where you are today.
First, congratulations to Brian and indeed all the other contributors on their ongoing recovery.
The commonality through these personal stories of despair, isolation and rejection is, to say the least, harrowing. Equally, their personal recovery stories may well be a source of inspiration to those who are still struggling to let go.
The attempts to cut down, are sadly, all too familiar. If it were posssible to cut down, or have what has recently been referred to as 'sustained control', then more than likely, addiction has not yet set in.
I do find it disturbing that the wishes of Chris Hobbs to reduce his methadone appears to have been disregarded. Whilst I accept that whoever is responsible for that may genuinely feel it is in his best interest, there is no doubt that methadone in common with other addictive substances, sooner, or later, requires increasing doses to obtain the same effect, therefore the danger of becoming addicted to it is very real.I hope that this does not happen in this case, since the outcome would be not trading one addiction for another, but developing a further addiction.
I have just finished reading your personal story and honestly I was touched by the it. After reading it, it made me realized that there are more people who are experiencing different types of great problems than I do who were able to cope up like you.
Actually there are some parts in the story which are very similar to mine, but you were able to handle it. There's also an instance in my life when I also thought of committing suicide due to the feeling of being upset and pressured by the problems I'm encountering in life.
To Mr. Brian White thank you for these enlightening story it gave me more wisdom more than you'll ever thought.
Sir if you won't mind I would like to have your personal advices through my email it's colighto@gmail.com.
Hi Chris,
Just to let you know, all of the material on these blogs has now been moved over to our community website www.wiredin.org.uk - you will see an update to Brian's story on there!
Hopefully see you on the site soon
Lucie
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