American domestic abuse helplines

The national domestic violence hotline
This organisation holds database on other domestic abuse charities and helplines. Which include shelters and specific information to Teens and LGBT.
https://www.thehotline.org/

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Homeless at Christmas

The closer we get to Christmas the more i find I'm thinking about the troops fighting or who are on peace keeping exercises. I do hold a lot of respect for these boys and girls and wish them the best Christmas can offer. I have friends with in the military both here in the UK and in the USA, some are on operations while others are fortunate enough to be home. Yet there are thousands of troops who are spending Christmas alone in hospital or therapeutic homes due to injuries whether physical or mental the men and women who fight are hero's. What I don't condone is the act of war but that's a different story entirely. Although i wanted to serve in the military I was not allowed to due to poor chest (life long asthmatic) and poor mental health i often wonder if i had been born without the issues would i have signed up to follow in my grandfathers footsteps. But life took me in a very different direction, which in some ways i am glad it did, i have learnt many lessons...

Finances and me

You know I sit here and watch programs about people on benefits and it amazes me how people are getting so much. when in reality the vast majority of us live day by day and are scraping by on very little money. I don’t have money for luxury items or to go to the cinema, I don’t have the money to go to the pub for a quick pint or soda. I don’t often have money for fish and chips this is something I need to cook from scratch. But there's this misunderstanding that everyone on benefits is rolling in the money which is totally wrong. With this in mind I have suffered mental ill health for a number of years, suffer from bursitis in the hips. So yes I am on benefits but not that I want to be on benefits for the rest of my life, I study through Open learn and have products on tee-spring, all ready for promoting next year once I am able to. Its not a case of I don’t want to save because I do want to save its simply a case I cant afford to save no matter how I separate ...

Addiction and me

In my last post I mentioned my drinking is under control this is a common factor in many women even men who have gone through domestic abuse/domestic violence and coercive control. Even once they are in refuge situations because it is a common coping mechanism to block things out. The only thing as i have learnt so many times before the issues are still there when you sober up, and you often feel worse than you did before. So why do we reach for the bottle or in some cases drugs ? it brings us the few hours calmness and numbs it for the few solitary hours we are under the influence for. Often going to the pub is a good place to meet people i know i used to did this myself many years ago but im now a solitary drinker. If you suffer depression take it from me ive suffered the for years alcohol and drugs only serves to make it worse. Alcohol and drug abuse is all to common but it does not have to be there are places to get help again these are things i am just...

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