{"id":1035,"date":"2009-09-22T09:16:39","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T09:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2009\/09\/whitney-w-lost-my-job-depre.html"},"modified":"2009-09-22T09:16:39","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T09:16:39","slug":"whitney-w-lost-my-job-depre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2009\/09\/whitney-w-lost-my-job-depre.html","title":{"rendered":"Whitney W. — “Lost my job, depressed, addicted to meds…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whitney writes:<\/p>\n

My life has did a total 360. I went from a person who had everything to a person who right about now..has nothing nothing. Dealing with the lost of losing my job has added so much stress in my life, me not eating, sleeping for long periods, shutting myself out from away from the world, abusing pain killers, drinking a lot to sometimes take away the pain, crying for long period’s of time, losing faith and etc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Add your prayers here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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