Help Yourself Author:Dave Pelzer I know something about resilience. For the first twelve years of my life I was subjected to practically every form of continuous physical and psychological torture you could imagine. I should have died. After I was rescued from my alcoholic mother and fortunate enough to be placed in the care of others, there were a few who boasted that becau... more »se of my extreme situation I would either end up dead or in prison -- the odds against me were insurmountable. I nev saw it that way. If I learned anything from my unfortunate childhood it is that there is nothing that can dominate or conquer the human spirit. This is the essence of the message I wish to present to you.« less