I am writing this journal just because I haven't written in a while.  I basically  have been just coming on DS lately to check to see if my good friend, Liz, is still with us.  I have strong doubts that she is still alive, after being brutally attacked by her husband that she was trying to leave.  It makes me so sad and so sick to my stomach to think of what she went through.When I first came to Daily Strength, I found a lot of comfort in knowing that there were people out there who could relate to me and had been through similar situations in life.  Then, when I joined the Abuse Community, instead of being comforted, I started having flashbacks of my attack back in 1997, when I almost lost my life to my abuser. I wanted to help people in that community, but in reality, it was just drudging up old feelings. I met a special friend in that community, and encouraged her to leave her husband who had abused her for 24 years. I even gave her my phone number, and she called me several times when in a desparate situation. I calmed her down and talked to her until she felt safe.  Now, this same woman was attacked by him because she left him, was living on life support in a coma, had a stroke and now I believe she has passed away.  Who in the world am I to tell someone to leave? Maybe she needed to have better planning before she actually left him. Maybe then she would have been more prepared for him. I don't know. All I know is, I believe she is gone now and I will never ever give my advice in such a dangerous situation where a life could be lost.  I miss talking to her and just wish things had went different.