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My family, (daughters Catherine and Renee,
and myself - Richard Bingham, the Dad), is
dedicated to provide you with life changing
information, in our Self Discovery Bookstore,
and excellent Aromatherapy and other health products to help you "Live
the Life of your Dreams".
I Know Pain! My life experiences
have given me the empathy - the understanding
- to help others.
I'd like to share with you from my heart. As a
single Dad I tried hard to raise him right, but I lost my son, Ricky
Bingham, 2 days after
his 18th birthday, a very good creative kid, never in trouble, no drugs,
only listened to classical music, a writer and an artist. His suicide just
devastated me.
I really believe
that if I had known about Dr. Capacchione's books and had him work with
them he would still be alive today. So I am donating all my time and money
to get Lucia Capacchione's books out to as many people as I can...as
profits allow, from selling our products, I am donating her books to help
"The Creative kids that fall thru the cracks of our system".
By
that I mean there is grant money available for drug abuse prevention,
alcohol and violence programs but nothing for "the good kids",
who mask their problems so well - we never know until it's too late. Thank
you for listening, and please buy our products and pass the word about our
website...Richard Bingham
My Story: To help heal my life from the emotional damage
of 6 years in the U.S. military, including
the June '67 Arab-Israeli War while in Tripoli,
Libya and the Viet Nam War in '72. All
the years of craziness of trying to ignore
the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, "PTSD", lead me on a varied
path, from years of service to churches, business success and failures and
finally - a total
nervous breakdown, the beginning Viet Nam Veterans Outreach programs of the U.S. Veterans
Administration, then - searching for deeper answers, I embarked on a
self-healing quest, since 1988.
This path finally led me to working with
Mae St. Claire, 80, Director of Research,
of the A.R.E., in Virginia Beach, Va., in 1988. Here I found answers
that satisfied the "engineer" and
electronics technician part of me and also
on a deep soul level. Mae convinced me in June of '88 to quit alcohol,
"cold turkey" as it was a dangerous crutch; however, it
took me 3 months to get off my other crutch, 15 cups daily of
coffee.
I have used and taught about the use of Aromatherapy/Essential
Oils since '96. I have been a licensed
Massage Practioner since '90 in Phoenix,
Arizona. Spent time with Dr. Bill McCarey,
M.D. at the A.R.E. Medical Research Clinic and Dr. Terry Friedmann, M.D. who has
used and written about Essential Oils in
his practice. Both of Phoenix, AZ
No, it didn't "cure" the war "PTSD", but it helped
a lot. Moved from Phoenix, Arizona to get my son out of big city Phoenix
into a small town "Artist Oriented" school system- Sedona, Az
until he graduated from high school... then the roof fell in...
I was a single Dad. I came home and found
my son; Ricky Bingham, a very gifted artist
and writer, a Good Kid, never in any trouble, no drugs, no booze - chose to leave the planet June 6, 1997, 2
days after his 18th birthday, 13 days after graduating from Sedona Red
Rock High School...
Words have not been invented to describe the
total devastation, the pain, the horror of opening that door to his
room...
I officiated
at the funeral. Made his tombstone from a big red rock that had laid
outside, under his room's window...Then 3 weeks later, the lease
was up at our house. Broke and homeless - I spent Two years, crying
and wandering the country, struggling to overcome
the intense pain of his death, all on top
of "The Flashbacks"... to opening that bedroom
door and wars in North Africa and Viet Nam.
All
without 1 drop of alcohol, not 1 cigarette,
no crutches - just face to face with The
Darkness, searching in The Light, for The
Answer.
This led me back to the realization that
helping others heal helps me heal.
This website is dedicated to being of service
to others, especially Creative Kids, as a
means of making, my son - Ricky Bingham's
life have meaning and a way to heal
the immense pain I feel.
"The Strength We Have Within Us
The Memory of it's Strength Within
Them
Swallow Hard & Feel the Emptiness
Become an Artist
A Deep Richness That Almost Hums"
Written March 7, 1997, in Sedona, Az., by
Ricky Bingham,
June 4,1979 to June 6, 1997
Visit Ricky's web-site he built and won a "Distinguished Exhibition
Award" from Sedona Red Rock High School,
May of 1997. NOTE: his poems were REQUIRED
homework by his English teacher...we didn't
find that out for months after "he left".
OUR MISSION IS:
To teach and empower people to deal with
"The Creative Cycle" with
all it's ups and downs. "YOU'RE NOT CRAZY - YOU'RE CREATIVE".
To let them know that it's ok to be different
- "a Nerd, a Geek, an Engineer, a Writer,
an Artist, an Actor or Actress, a Musician
- A CREATOR".
To ASSIST you to FIND what you came here
to do.
- To REALIZE your full creative potential for
a joyful, happy, and healthy life.
- To FIND the Master Within Yourself
- To UNLEASH your Inner Healer and Creative
Genius
- To TAP into the POWER Within Yourself
How To Put your TALENTS, GIFTS, and IDEAS
to WORK For You
- ENCOURAGE you to TAKE ACTION
- How To MANIFEST those ideas into physical
reality
- How to SUCCESSFULLY MARKET your gifts, talents,
ideas, and creations!
To MANIFEST the Blessings of your Passion,
Joy, Love, Health.
To Find the INNER STRENGTH of Knowledge,
Personal Power, Wealth - Whatever SUCCESS
means to you
To get coping tools, like Lucia Capacchione's
art therapy books and tapes, out to Creative
kids,
- To Schools
- TV
- "The Net"
- Libraries
- Churches
- Workshops, Summer Camps, - Whatever it takes
To Save A Life - To Enrich All Life; We do
this by sharing Love, Knowledge, Wisdom,
and imparting our Courage to everyone we
meet. So we can make this a better
place to Live, Play, and CREATE!
By Richard E. Bingham, Ricky's DAD
Why Buy From us?
Our Net Profits are donated to ...
The formation of "THE RICKY BINGHAM
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION" to get coping tools out to ASSIST CREATIVE
KIDS! The kids that fall thru the cracks
of our system - like my son - Ricky Bingham
- The ones who are different - That march
to the beat of a different drummer - That
hear their own words and inner music - You
know, like you are, deep inside!
This website is dedicated to being of service
to others, especially Creative Kids, as a
means of making, my son - Ricky Bingham's
life have meaning and a way to heal
the immense pain I feel.
This is why we are organizing the funding
of the "Ricky Bingham Memorial Foundation"
with the profits of this website. If you know
of other resources to help in our mission,
please contact me
Please support our mission of helping
the
Creative Kids that fall thru the cracks in our system.
I have donated all my time and invested many thousands of
dollars of my own money for over a year to build this website, owned by
my daughter, Renee, helping people. This is my dream - a global - one
person at a time - healing project.
I'm not rich: the money I invested was from what I receive from being a Service Connected Disabled American Veteran due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from
my military service in Tripoli, Libya in '67 and Viet Nam in '72.
There is a lot of money available to prevention programs
for drugs, violence, smoking and alcohol abuse but none to help the "nerds, geeks, and artist types" that don't fit in-
Remember High School??? Maybe you were branded one of "Those"?
If you would like to help us in our "Outreach
Program on the Web"... please buy our products And/Or you can help by
making a donation to us
We are not listed as non-profit, but we have already
donated many
books and art supplies to youth groups, teachers, and people as I meet them on the street. I was homeless for 2 years after my
son's death, without one drop of alcohol or any other crutches - and have been
alcohol free for over 22 years...I understand the problem
- will you please help?
Thank You,
Sure, I'll help by making a donation
Richard Bingham, Ricky's DAD and author of this site renee@nowgetcreative.com
See Also:
Now Get Creative Kids - Learn To Be A Better
Parent and Teach Your Child at Home
Art Therapy
About Lucia Capacchione, Ph.D, A.R.T., R.E.A.T.
Self Discovery Bookstore
What is Aromatherapy?
Art Supplies
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