subject: Self Help Resources [print this page] Sooner or later, a time will come when we must seek assistance. But people have gotten so busy with their own lives, that we have to rely on ourselves to solve our own problems. The self help industry is big business and getting bigger every day, with television programs, books, software, vacation retreats and more resources available everywhere.
The Internet is an excellent place to find self-help resources. You can find information quickly and easily on the web, for any issue you might be facing. Issues like diet, depression, motivation, relationships, and substance abuse are just some of the more common problems you can research on the web. And what's so good about this is that you can do this in the privacy of your own home.
You can also look at the Yellow Pages or your local phone directory for self-help services. Here, it would be easy to look up the number for support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. You could also try approaching your local mental health center or health care provider to help you with some of your problems, or at least get some guidance.
The first thing you need to do is know where you can get a solution. You should get to work as soon as you find all the available resources that can help you. Read up and know everything you can about the problem, then do everything that's needed so you can get help. All the knowledge in the world won't help if it's just going to stay in your mind, you will have to use it and act on it otherwise you'd be stuck with your problem.
Don't expect to come up with the answer easily, you may have to do a lot of research to get the exact solution to your problem. If you try a self-help plan but find it isn't working for you, don't give up. You just need to keep searching for the answer, sooner or later you will come across the right one. Make sure that the information you got can be trusted, otherwise you may end up wasting your time or even hurting yourself.
Having a disease or a problem can be quite embarrassing, and few would go as far as to publicly declare this and search for help. There's no lack of information you can tap, there will always be some site, book or video that can educate and assist you towards finding a solution to your problem. It takes courage to reach out for help, and to search for answers from within yourself. The sooner you start looking for a solution, the sooner you'll get better.
