It was a media circus. I was on tv and in every major newspaper around the world. It was on every channel. I was being called the first mercy killer by a father of his child. Whenever I saw, or heard the words ‘killed his daughter’, it cut me deeply. Not sliced me, that’s too [...]
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Charlie G. Story – Pt.7
The next day (I think), a guard came and brought me my clothes and told me to get dressed, as he stood there and watched. I was brought to a courthouse, for a bail hearing. All I could do was ask ‘Please let me go and see my daughter, please, please, please. And the judge [...]
Charlie G. Story – Pt.6
So many questions. All I wanted to do was sleep. I was so tired. I didn’t want to think about what had happened.
They left me alone in an interrogation room and I climbed onto the desk and fell asleep.
I was awakened I don’t know how much later and told I was being taken to [...]
Charlie G. Story – Pt.5
We spend all of our lives on a ledge. As life thrusts things at us, sometimes we’re pushed off.
I got the bottle of valium the mental health center had prescribed me and poured them out onto the kitchen table. Then I started crushing them. When I was finished, I put the bottle of valium, [...]
Charlie G. Story – Pt. 4
When I was at home and saw children playing or a toy commercial on t.v. I would start crying. It hurt so bad. I finally went to the Miami Beach community mental health center, told them what I was going through and that I thought I was going crazy. The doctor told me it was [...]
Charlie G. Story – Pt. 3
It didn’t help.
Then, CAT scans showed that the parts of Joy’s brain that had died from lack of oxygen were turning to liquid and being absorbed by her body. Her brain was shrinking.
To watch your child go through this and know there is NOTHING you can do –
Imagine your worst nightmare – then [...]
Today Marks First Day of National Recovery Month
Today, September 1, kicks off the month-long series of awareness and prevention events that mark the 2009 National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month. All month long, various charity walks, open air concert, guest speakers, and festivities will celebrate the value of recovery and rally to spread the message that help is available today [...]
