The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 29, 1978, Page Page 6, Image 6
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By Aiy Coveil
Ocmtcodk Staff Writer
At 18, Judy Simpson, (fictiona
name), took an overdose of valiutr
because "I didn't like myself;
had no purpose."
After graduating from i
Columbia high school in 1975, sh<
moved to Florida to work, and thei
"just decided to come back home*
to work in various local stores. Bu
alcohol and drugs clouded her rea
ambition to mafor in music at USC
"I TOOK speed every day, an*
took barbituates at night b
counteract the speed. I was up t
seven speeds a day, and I dranl
about a six-pack of beer a day,'
she said.
She ate very little. "I had mayb
a glass of water a day." By the ag
of 19, she had lost 50 pounds.
She shared an apartment wit
her boyfriend and was living "i
and out of my car." One mornin
she woke at 4 a.m. to find someon
staring at her as she slept in he
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Two years ago, Simpson became
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ONE NIGHT she prayed to God
with a friend and as a result,
rnnsirtared hersplf "horn attain "
"Since I felt real guilty about the
wrong I had done, we prayed He'd
forgive me." She said she asked
God to change her attitudes and
her lifestyle, allowing her to "live
the way that He wanted me to
live."
This prayer, she said, was the
beginning of a relationship with
God "on a one-to-one basis."
BUT SHE still had the problem
of an unwanted pregnancy.
A relative offered to pay for an
abortion, but she turned the offer
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killing another human being. I'm
chicken. I can't kill a life." ?
The father was not willing to . r
admit the child was his. "I got that
impression because he kept asking
me if it (the child) was his/' she a
said. a
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Simpson spent the next six y
months in a home for unwed a
mothers. During this time, "I was y
taught dependency on God for l
wisdom and strength to know what o
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The child was adopted more than
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ras a Christian wasn't very good,
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