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I guess I should have posted this instead of putting it on another post so here it is again...
Hey guys, my name is Brandy, I'm 32 and from Birmingham. I'm addicted to methadone and will be going cold turkey in two weeks. The date set is December 2nd. I have two boys who will both have a birthday on Thursday, one will be 14 and one will be 11.
Lee, I too was kidnapped by my mother and her new husband she met that had just got out of prison for rape. I was not raised by my mother so I didn't really "know" her, just saw her here and now. My Dad and Grandmother raised me. But when I was nine, she moved away with this man, we didn't even know where and then out of nowhere came to visit my sister and me, who was five at the time. In the middle of the night we were on an airplane headed to somewhere we had no idea. My Dad had trusted her for one night to stay at her mother's house with us. We ended up in Jacksonville, FL for six weeks and my sister and I blocked most of it out thankfully, but we were raped, I remember having a plate broken over my head, him picking me up by my neck and dropping me on the concrete and then making me get up and I say I loved him I was a bad girl. Finally, my Dad found us and took us back to Birmingham. Needless to say, my "mother" ended up coming back to Birmingham two years later when the man was arrested for kidnapping, raping and murdering at least seven women over the course of those two years. He's now on death row as a serial killer in Melbourne, FL, close to Tampa. I am here to talk to any survivors of anything like this or about the horrible addiction to methadone. I may be off and on in the after December 2nd, depending on how I'm feeling but I think I will be much better to be on here for inspiration as much as I can. Everyone has already helped me sooo much!
Lee, I too was kidnapped by my mother and her new husband she met that had just got out of prison for rape. I was not raised by my mother so I didn't really "know" her, just saw her here and now. My Dad and Grandmother raised me. But when I was nine, she moved away with this man, we didn't even know where and then out of nowhere came to visit my sister and me, who was five at the time. In the middle of the night we were on an airplane headed to somewhere we had no idea. My Dad had trusted her for one night to stay at her mother's house with us. We ended up in Jacksonville, FL for six weeks and my sister and I blocked most of it out thankfully, but we were raped, I remember having a plate broken over my head, him picking me up by my neck and dropping me on the concrete and then making me get up and I say I loved him I was a bad girl. Finally, my Dad found us and took us back to Birmingham. Needless to say, my "mother" ended up coming back to Birmingham two years later when the man was arrested for kidnapping, raping and murdering at least seven women over the course of those two years. He's now on death row as a serial killer in Melbourne, FL, close to Tampa. I am here to talk to any survivors of anything like this or about the horrible addiction to methadone. I may be off and on in the after December 2nd, depending on how I'm feeling but I think I will be much better to be on here for inspiration as much as I can. Everyone has already helped me sooo much!
Thankfully, I didn't have it near as bad as you. We were only there six weeks before my Father found us. So I ended up right back in school, went on to college when the kids were a little older but then ended up with back surgeries, seizures, and lupus which was at a stage where I was having to take chemo to try and destory most of my immune system to get it to kind of reset and stop attacking my body. Luckily, it never got to my heart or lungs, just attacked my liver and kidneys tremendously and was getting to the lining of my brain causing a lot of the seizures. So, I was put on disability. Lupus is under control, I take plaquenil, and a few seizure medications still. You have really proven you can fight for what you want no matter what your setbacks are Lee. Congratulations on making it so far! Wish I could be there to cheer you on for your graduation! I KNOW God is going to be blessing you greatly for your giving heart and loving spirit. I look forward to talking to you sometime. Keep sending messages or keep posting. Love talking to you....XOXOXO
Wow me and you have a lot in common. I to was not put in school. Before I went back and got a G.E.D ansd enrolled in college (3.71 gpa : )...) I had a 4th grade education..I thought I had no chance in college but luckily I was encouraged by my partner to atleast try and now I am about 4 months shy of have my degree in nursing!! Life is good once we start living it. I am without a doubt going to be right here for you all along your journey! I have your # and plan on giving you a call soon:) you are a really good person and I think God is going to be good to you!
Thanks for being here Lee. As you know, the clock in counting down until my D-day, December 3rd, I thought it was the 2nd but it's the 3rd.
I was nine years old, where the hell was I going to go in Jacksonville FL? They didn't even put us in school. They hid the phones at night and had everyone fooled around us so they would have just brought me back home if I had went to anyone. My Dad literally saved my life. He is my Angel and always has been to this day. My Grandmother (his Mother) is my Angel too although she's in a nursing home now. Like I said, my sister was raised my my "mother's" mother and I was raised by my Dad and Grandmother so we didn't grow up together. She eventually moved in with my Dad when she was 14 and I was 18 and had just had my first child. I moved out a year later and over the past few years we have just now grown to become best friends and really know each other. I had two kids and was single at 21. Went back to work 4 weeks after giving birth to my 2nd child, the oldest was three and took care of them day and night. I survived it so I know I can do this too. I have hope for the future. Lee, you're a great person. Like I said before, please keep in touch. Even in a couple of weeks, I will really need some great friends. I think I messaged you my number. If I didn't let me know and I will. You take care of yourself too. Don't forget about that and get too rapped up in other people's problems. God first, then yourself. Don't forget that. Love you Lee...Brandy
I was nine years old, where the hell was I going to go in Jacksonville FL? They didn't even put us in school. They hid the phones at night and had everyone fooled around us so they would have just brought me back home if I had went to anyone. My Dad literally saved my life. He is my Angel and always has been to this day. My Grandmother (his Mother) is my Angel too although she's in a nursing home now. Like I said, my sister was raised my my "mother's" mother and I was raised by my Dad and Grandmother so we didn't grow up together. She eventually moved in with my Dad when she was 14 and I was 18 and had just had my first child. I moved out a year later and over the past few years we have just now grown to become best friends and really know each other. I had two kids and was single at 21. Went back to work 4 weeks after giving birth to my 2nd child, the oldest was three and took care of them day and night. I survived it so I know I can do this too. I have hope for the future. Lee, you're a great person. Like I said before, please keep in touch. Even in a couple of weeks, I will really need some great friends. I think I messaged you my number. If I didn't let me know and I will. You take care of yourself too. Don't forget about that and get too rapped up in other people's problems. God first, then yourself. Don't forget that. Love you Lee...Brandy
WOW a serial killer, thats insane! People always say things like.." well how were you kidnapped if you could have left when he was gone or something" but untill you are in the situation you just cant unerstand, even though you have times that an escape is possible you "feel" as if you will be killed if you rty to leave! I do feel that my childhood triggered my addiction. Your story is so simular to mine its crazy! People always say to me" you should write a book about your life" but I dont think those people relize how many people have just as fu@ked up a life! Thank you so much for joining this forum...you have such an admazing story that I am sure you will be such a help to many! Please feel free to jump right in and reply to ANY and AL:L post you want to! please feel free to post as often as you would like..WE ARE HERE FOR YOU
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