As I mentioned in my last blog I was helped immensely by Sarah and Sian at P3, it’s a charity that is based in various locations across the uk set up to help socially excluded and vulnerable People to unlock their Potential and to help them open up new Possibilities, hence the 3 P’s.
I was very sceptical to start with, as you may have gathered from previous blogs that I’m not one that likes to talk to people about what I’m feeling, things that annoy me or stress me, so talking to a stranger over a cup of tea didn’t seem like my idea of fun. Sarah and Sian came round our house to introduce themselves and to ‘check me out’, I’m sure they must have sat in the car around the corner as they rang the bell bang on the time they said!
They both made me feel at ease so I decided that I would try it and give it a good chance of succeeding, I had taken the biggest step by finally admitting I had a problem and asking for help. The problem with men is that they will bottle it up, pretend everything is fine and plod on through life, I had gone past that stage and finally gave in, it was a case of accepting help or taking my own life, I couldn’t take anymore.
One of the greatest quotes I have ever heard or read was:
‘All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul and they will never notice how broken you really are’ – Robin Williams
Sarah and the P3 team seem to realise that everyone is different, they help in the things you don’t want to do or feel you can’t do, they’ll chase appointments to make sure you are seeing the right people at the right time. She was happy to go with what I wanted, go for a tea/coffee or as we did one morning at 07:00, went for a run.
I know they’re a charity organisation, and you get 8 weeks with them but I would recommend them to everyone that needs help, they won’t do everything for you, you need to do that yourself, you’ve got to want to get better, want to accept help and suggestions and then only you can do something about it.
Sian lent me her book ‘The Four Pillars’ by Dr Rangan Chatterjee, it was my decision to read it and act upon it, if I didn’t it was a waste of my time, Sarah’s time and was taking the time for someone else that could use some help. I’m so pleased I did, great book which I’ll go into next time.
I suggest anyone that wants to change their life for the better can always start by talking to their GP, start getting the professional help they need and then look up P3’s website, http://www.p3charity.org
Sarah did mention that she has since started a twitter page too and she was going to send me the link for that too, anyone that’s on Twitter (I’m still technologically challenged) could probably find it themselves. Since writing this i now know it to be @p3charity
That’s all for today as I’m still in quite a good place at the moment and don’t want to darken my mood too much.
Thank you Sarah, Sian and P3
Steve Braim 