In Reply to: Re: Have written a book about my experience being fished into the family posted by Jo on September 09, 2005 at 15:49:25:
The My family name was Samaria. I was married to Gideon Harper in The Family. I was only associated from 1978 to 1982 with The Family. I was in Los Angeles during my time with The Family. It destroyed my mind (the sexual sharing and child pornography) and it took me many years to recover from the cult experience
I had a serious accident in 1987 and became bedridden in 1990. I learned that I had developed Fibromyalgia and Parkinson's disease. Definitely not something I wanted to hear at 39 years of age.
In 2002 I decided my life had come to an end. My health had deteriorated to a point where I could do nothing. So I would do one last thing I really wanted before I died, which was to see Antigua once more. I left the United States bedridden and all and moved to the island of Antigua. This produced the biggest change in my life. I met a Cuban doctor who started giving me medical treatment that improved my health and well-being. With this change I realized I might live longer than I anticipated. The cost-of-living being so extravagant in Antigua led me to move once more. On the recommendation of my Cuban doctor I moved to the Dominican Republic with my two cats, two years ago, where I still reside.
I’m still confined to a bed and my health is going down further without the Cuban doctor. So I’m fighting with everything I got to survive. I’m not looking for charity, because most people don’t think this situation is that bad. I’d like to see how they would feel not being able to get out of a bed and confined to a room 24 hours a day-seven days a week-365 days a year. I cannot sit. Transporting me is a living nightmare of pain. I am totally dependent on someone to take care of me.
I appreciate your prayers and kind thoughts. I have written over 50 agents and received nothing but rejection letters. That’s why I’m looking for any help I can get. I don’t know anything about doing blogs. So if anybody can tell me what I would do to start that I will do it.
With love,
Billie