Greetings and thankyou for existing. In some time between 03 and '04,I finally had what amounts to a nervous breakdown that had been riding my back for a very long time. My subsequent behavior and decisions coming from desperation and learned survivor behavior snowballed into my 27 month incarceration. Within barely 2 yrs,I was barraged with a hasty marriage,losing a baby,giving birth to my 2nd son-right after another woman had just given birth to a daughter by my then husband,my mother( and soulmate)doing her first run at an overdose after being sober for more 12yrs,and then her 2nd and final overdose. This pretty much took me to my knees. Prison was my intervention that I can say surely saved my life. I only wish there was something like your group to help me finish the recovery and renewal process that had began with my incarceration. Frankly,I am still a mess and could use some help. It is my sincere desire to help others once I can get myself together. If you could provide any resources that I could use from here or direction of any kind I would be grateful. As with most, there is so much more than this letter that go into the kind of assistance I could use. At this point, I desperately need money towards a car to get to my drs appts and disability. Affairsm the main thing that a car would enable me to do is see my sons. I have noone left alive for family except some extremely abusive people I had to distance myself from.I am aware that you all must be very busy. Again,thank you for your time. Sincrely, Manic Mamma

Feeling pretty desperate anymore. I know I could help myself and othets if I just got a boost. I have an idea to start a business that would employ myself and veterens,felons anyone who truly wanted to help themselves out of despairity. I tried to talk to my son today-tha I couldn't even get any xmas for and he wouldn't speak to me. He has hd to go into foster care and I don't have any way to even visit him. My car got smashed within months of moving to PA. The depression is really wearing me down. I finally got myself together enough to start doing portraits for people. Every bit of money goes to survival. My disability has been like a long hard relationship andI can't get to all of my appointments w/o a car. Mine got smashed and I only had liability. I had my mom that I used to be able to turn to,now I have noone. She overdosed. I feel so alone. I desperately need a car and some money to go to OH and talk to my son. I'm ashamed to have to come to this but I am at the end of my rope!I dnt even know if anyone will read this,but,please send me a response to at least know. Thank you to any who reads this.

I'm not sure where to begin. I am 38yrs old,single mom of two boys. About ten yrs ago,my whole life was dumped over and I've been trying to scratch the pieces ever since.