Messages By: penny_lady

Quote From: baeiouy

It has nothing to do with the money and that she needs it for college, the reason she does it is because it is easy to do.  I paid my way through college and law school.  I had a huge amount of debt, but I am not even 30 yet and I have been done with my student loans for a year now.  So everyone has been where she has been.  Some people have taken the higher road others havent.  But at the end of the night I can live with myself and the decisions I have made.

Quote From: kekekekekekeke

I think I'm going to have nightmares.

Quote From: rittm123

I've read several messages where everyone is thinking he is lying or whatever,  the bottom line for me is. Yes the girl should be cautious and she is too young.  But we can't not say that what he talk of if you were listening was how he took a program such as the 12 steps and put it to work for his life.  Yes the obbession can be lifted by god olny,  and yes if you never have dealt with addiction you may not know what he was taking about.  The truth of the matter is it sounds to me he is working the program and in doing that you must try to help another person suffering from the same problem. I do think what he did is gross and if he did it to my daughter i would have a lot of resentments to work out, do to him. But is a alcoholic is active in  a 12 step program and showing signs of improvement and has became a becaon of god in his community would you talk the same about him?

Quote From: alsonanny

I remember being flashed as a very young child by a teen neighor, again in first grade by another first grader, as a teenager by an old man, as a young mother in a crowded parking lot by a fat slob.  Thisis a violent crime, even if they don't touch you, it is impossible to get it out of your mind and when something triggers the memory it turns my stomach inside out.  That man is an arogant a** and there is no wayhe isdone, as a matter of fact we just witnessed his obsession, he exposed himelf today, as what he elieves to be something superior to the rest of us, he has foundanother way to belittle others, God help that little girl

Quote From: bloodbought

Is it too hard to think that this guy could actually be telling the truth? Sure, what he did was horrible and despictable, but it is possible that he really doesn't have any more urges that he once had.

 

The way it looked to me is that through his recovery he formed a relationship with God, who forgave him his sins, which enabled him to start down his long road of recovery. If God can forgive the most wicked, why can't I. People have overcome much more with the help of God.

 

It's naive to think that people can overcome heroine addiction, but if someone is a flasher, he will always be a flasher and never be able to overcome it. An addiction is an addiction and the difficulty to overcome them depends on the individual.

 

I overcame addiction to alcohol and cigarrettes, and all it took was my confession of my sins and the help of God in knowing that He forgives me and He can get me through anything. Now I hope the Lord can use me and my past to help others know that they can beat them too or that they don't have to go down that road at all.

 

I feel that is all that that he wanted to do on the show. He wanted to publicly confess and tell his story and in that there may be someone out there who could benefit  from what he went through.

 

I can see why he got upset, because he wanted to spend more time on the fact that he was able to get through his addiction and wanted to tell others how he did just that and the steps he took to do it. Dr. Phil pretty much stayed on what he did rather than how he was healed. As he said, "my past is just that, my past".

 

 

Just my 2 cents.

 

Quote From: camangel_07

Why is it that you're not judging me like everyone else on here has?  You do realize that if you are not completely against what I'm doing, you will be insulted and condescended - just as others on here have been when they posted to me in support, in agreement or were neutral.  I am sure you are aware of this but thought I would warn you anyway.

 

 

 

 

 

Quote From: afraid

you know i just thought about this and it is funny in a funny sort of way, we get offended and mad as hell at a man who flashes his privates to women, we men in turn would applaud a woman flashing us her breast or other parts, and in Louisiana the people get necked in the damn streets during Marti gras and its OK it would seem hell they throw plastic bead necklace's to the women to encourage the flashing of there breasts, could it be thats the reason katrina came to town there? to let those people know flashing is wrong? it will make you wonder wont it.