What's the most drastic change that has ever happened in your life, and how did it help you?

Answer 1

Got a job several states away. Got me out of North Carolina.

Answer 2

The most drastic change in my life was after Boot Camp...usually in the military your recruiter mentions Special Forces and they definitely mention it in either Basic Training/Boot Camp but long story short they skipped covering it with me.

So for a year prior to active duty I worked by rear off getting into what I thought was really good shape. Somehow my Recruiter failed to mention special forces and when they covered it in Boot Camp I was absent for the moment. So I didn't find out much about SF until I got to my school afterwards.

There I just happened to be roomed with a SF guy and they always say to be careful about what you ask for. The first thing out of my silly mouth was "how do I do that?" The next stop was the Base Special Forces Recruiter and the rest is history.

what i thought had prepared me was minimal. getting through SF training was easy mentally and as easy as Boot Camp was physically the reverse became true upon entering special forces. If you want all honesty, there were times I thought I was going to be the one ringing the bell.

In the end I made it through and went on to have the time of my life. I saw some pretty horrible things but I wouldn't trade the experience for anything in the world. I saw things that most Americans will never see and I experienced things that most Americans will never truly understand.

In fact, most people I meet never seem to ask the good questions.

Answer 3

I had an nde and came back . I was very very ill 16 years ago, people thought not only would my mother die but that she and I could have probably shared a coffin.

In my nde I was told it wasn't MY time , I had so much more to do. I wasn't sure what , but in the last sixteen years, I've developed my career as a freelance writer, worked in politics and discovered I don't have the 'stomach' to be that visceral, learned how to live simply on a disability pension, travelled, made many new friends online .

I nearly died again before christmas, different health crisis this time , but again I've come back rejuvenated and more authentic and ready to serve and do more until it really is my time to go.

I no longer suffer fools graciously and am not afraid to speak my mind or worry about those consequences.

Answer 4

The most drastic changes in my life besides my brothers and my Padre dieing was finding out my Madre had cancer and the treatment she went through was in vain considering she still has to have the surgery and the colostomy bag . She had the tumor it was yrs later and stage 2 when we learned of the cancer and its had a toll on all of us w/in the family.

Answer 5

wow...i have a couple things. well i have met a guy, which is pretty common, and he became my first real relationship, when i was 18, we dated for a year until i got pregnant. he cheated on me, that too is so common, i felt useless beign there and rugget that i'm pregnant and crying alomst every night since he did that., aslo having him hurting while was pregnant ,sexually. no trust what so ever. until i was six months, after giving him a chance, he did it again as i found out myself. boy did i almost care about the relationship rather than the baby. but it hit me that i didn't need him there so i left and left my mom. i just picked up and left...with nothing. i wanted to start fresh, alone. i got a place myself and had my daughter. after turning 20. i look at her everyday of her, dear little, life and thank that little one by helping me opening my eyes widely and rasing her in a better enviorment. happy and clean. (as her father sleeps around making babies and drinks alot, more..lol...after i left.) she now has a father in her life, it may not be her biological father but soemone who takes her as his own. i know i will raise her differnently than my mother, want to break cycles.
with out her being here i wonder were i would be...at home depressed? suicide? drinking like crazy? becoming a big player, not caring for myself? thinking wrongly about men? no life?

Answer 6

My father introduced me to his extraterrestrial friends. I was able to see the future the past and other peoples lives and deaths. And then they made me forget most of it. It helped me realize that we are not alone and haven't been for a very long time.Sorry about your Dad. I'm sure he means well for this country but, many are often misunderstood, as in their roles in history.It's not as if we can choose alternate realities from multiple choices uno. Yeah, Yellowstone Super Volcano September 2009 huh? Do you have your own bunker yet? ....Ask your Dad.

Answer 7

i was an alcoholic. then i went to Clay Behavioral and got the help i needed. it is the best thing that has happen to me.Now i can think straight. make good choices for my life. At age 50 i am just starting to have a great life. An i can thank God, and the great people at eop for that

Answer 8

When my friend tried to kill herself. It helped me stay away from suicide, and get off of drugs, alcohal, and the people who want me to do those things.