Well here's good news. If you're really determined to achieve your deepest desires, a powerful force will enable you to reach them amidst every obstacle that comes in way. I'm not kidding.

Someone or something will always be there to help you attain your goals. Just have faith in your abilities. Your will power have utmost capacity to accomplish anything with proper mindset.

You could use visualization to help you in defeating any kind of fear.

Are you afraid of heights? Then imagine yourself being on top of a mountain, overseeing magnificent sights. Enjoy and feel moment. Take away all worries and anxieties.

Then just do it! Face it head on! Go to top of a building and savor great feeling of being able to face your fear.

This applies to whatever thing that triggers your fear factor. Just imagine being able to defeat it, then confront it with definite belief that you have capacity to do everything you want if you just put your mind to it.

Face thing you fear most and you'll never have to fear anything again in your life.

In l969 I began a new life in another city. Within a week of moving to Boston, Massachusetts, I was brutally raped and hospitalized. I never received help with this trauma and didn’t properly grieve until years later. I pushed down pain and was then, more than ever, resolved to create perfect life for myself, (as if it were in my hands?) This was made easy for me when Joey Haudel entered my life. He filled position of my “Knight in Shining Armour,” albeit, distorted. He was young, handsome, and alcoholic and had just been released from prison. We needed each other like ducks need water. We bonded in a codependent relationship that lasted 12 years.

Our experiences together were astounding. What I learned about myself was profound. Our journey is almost unbelievable. I have told this story in a dramatic narrative, I Survived: One Woman’s Journey of Self Healing and Transformation on DVD. It is filled with dark world of illness and moves to light of wellness. I reached my bottom after years of suffering. I was contemplating suicide but was saved by Grace of God and dear voice of a telephone operator who kept me on phone for over an hour.

I spent years in recovery; beginning with Al-Anon meetings in 1973, several series of Adult Children of Alcoholic Therapy Sessions, individual therapy with numerous therapists and devouring self help books. I had courage to look within and face demons. It wasn’t easy and many times I wanted to quit. I often felt I was too crazy to get well. One step at a time I forged ahead and never looked back! I visualized a healthy prognosis. Today I am living that beautiful picture!

I am happily married to a man 19 years my junior. I am older than his mother. We just celebrated our 17th anniversary and continue to share most fabulous life. We have one child, a precious daughter, who we adopted at birth 8 years ago. I was 54 at time. I am grateful that I am able to be a good parent and relish every moment I spend with both of them as a family. Sometimes I almost gasp for air when I realize I am living a balanced life. Each day I thank God for gifts I have been given. Sadly, Joey wasn’t as fortunate as I. He died at age of 42. My dear friend Debra took her own life in 2002. She too was alcoholic. I feel their presence; they are angels guiding me in my mission to inspire people to their own healing and recovery. Let’s continue to get well. We are all loving souls on an enlightened path of a new way of being, HEALTHY. www.isurviveddocumentary.com

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