Who’s Miz Helena?
My life journey started off a quite at very young age, raised by an overly strict, domineering father and an passive aggressive mother, I evolved into a stubborn, introversive teen who loathed school and had only a few close friends. I was a perpetual dreamer who was in my own little world at most times, fanatsising, rebelling, experimenting with drugs, boys and eventually running away from home and falling pregnant and marrying the guy at the tender age of just 15.
However life wasn’t all a bed of roses I discovered, it was far from the fairytale romance I always envisioned, we had it tough, and lived pay check to pay check, arguing and disrespecting each other often. I wanted more for my family and he didn’t seem to want to provide it, preferring to stay at home, bludge on the dole and sleep all day. So at the age of 20 we divorced and went our separate ways. I was so fortunate to have a loving supportive family behind me during this stressful vulnerable period of my life. I went to work to support us, doing menial jobs like sandwich hand, process work and the like. It sure was hard, but we stuck it out together.
Eventually, lifes pressures and trying to cope on my own wore me down, and I fell into a depression slump that would see me waste over 10 years of my precious life on feeling sorry for myself, serious drug addiction and other self destructive patterns. I was in desperation and yearned sooo bad to feel the love again. That came about sure enough one night when I overdosed alone in my car, after a particulary heavy drug binge. I came to at 10am the following morning covered in sticky foam, with 2 ambulance officers glaring down at me.
Since that fateful day, I havent looked back. My life changed around for the better. I self detoxed, enrolled in a drug program, went back to college, gained my PI licence, and also discovered an overwhelming desire it was time to give back. I found a great small group that ran The Trimingham Foundation and did the training to become a drug counsellor.
I won back the respect of my family and friends and the love I thought that was no where to be found, returned. I regained my health, self respect and dignity. I am 42 now and continue to give back, devoting my time into helping others beat drugs and depression. I volunteer my time 2 nights per week taking calls from desperate individuals who are racked with despondant, self abusive lives and do my utmost best to help. I fell in love with my counselling work so much and I love the fact that people do listen to me when I tell them of my story. Drug addiction is such a complex lifestyle to find yourself in, all you tend to feel is hatred, sorrow and helplessness, and all the well intented preaching usually doesn’t make a difference until they can see it for themselves, that’s why they will listen, because I can identify and relate to what they are saying and how they feel. I give it to them straight up, right in their face, not sugar coated bullshit and they totally respect me for that.
I started working almost fulltime online around 2 years ago, deciding on a bold career move of quitting my day job of receptioning and working from home. Ive been mentored by a couple of fantastic people that I call friends and have learnt a lot since my humble beginnings. But I do know too the learning never stops both in work and in life, so I plod on and grasp as much info my tiny little brain can handle. These days im into article marketing and becoming a better blogger. I write about relationships, self improvement, lifestyle and occasionally have my dummy spits every now and then too and also love ranting on about that. Ive become quite an accomplished social media butterfly, and have practically joined every social networking site under the sun. My people skills have ensured I am able to make sincere friends wherever I end up. I particulary favour pijoo, myspace, facebook, hub pages and occasionally I might join in the discussions at blogcatalog. I read, write, love the beach and travel, alfresco lunches, cozy gettogethers, music, movies, long walks, yoga, health and fitness, sun, life, and meeting new and interesting people. My lifestyle these days is living the simple life. I also love poetry and erotica, being involved with writing and promoting erotica for about a year and a half now. I run a buzzing forum with over 8,000 members at my erotica site, eroticsity.
I am presently one-half of a close-knit sister team promoting Abundant World Publications which is part of a vast network of quality and affordable self improvement and lifestyle ebooks and audios, but I do get involved with other projects every now and then. I love variety and the net sure is a big place. Everyones after something, it doesn’t matter what your into I believe, there is a market for everything and everybody.
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Editor’s note : this young lady is a fine example of the talent and passion that I was hoping for here.
Up and coming Bloggers from every corner of the world
I hope you can find that site that she mentions cause I just did and it’s HOT;)
Thanks.
August 30th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Thanks so much for the opportunity to showcase my profile and bloglinks, i truly appreciate it and am honoured to be here. I look forward to meeting others here and reading their blogs. thx again
- Miz Helena