ISP employs a very different methodology than the mainstream approach for those that are suicidal, and for the survivors.  We are not about long term treatments, medications, or labeling.  We believe that the only way we can judge anything in life is by the results.....

Insanity is defined as; someone, a culture, doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.  Unfortunately, in our country, and most of the world, the accepted approach to treating those that are suicidal and our attitude toward survivors can only be seen as insanity.....

I've always been kind of a voyeur when it comes to life, studying why we do what we do, and seeing how change occurs.  As a result of this view point I have concluded that we, humans, only have one choice.  It is also important to note that humans are the only creature on this planet that has this choice.  Everything we do is preceded by an image in our mind. 
This also includes what we feel, emotions.  If the images in our mind that we are watching, viewing, is disturbing, then our attitude will be disturbed.  If we are view images that bring pleasure to us, we will be in a pleasant mood.  Sounds simple enough, right?  Well, there is
more.  If we have had enough unpleasant experiences in our life, it can be difficult to view pleasant images.  So, how do we rid ourselves of the negative images that plague some of us?....

This is where I, and others I work with, have adapted some old technologies to a change our hard wired beliefs.  Once our belief's have been changed that our associations are attached too, that form our reactions to situations and circumstances, then the quality of our life improves.....

How long does that new process work?  I know that this may sound absurd, but it takes a matter of just a few hours.  There are requirements for this process to truly work.....

Over a two year period, we have had a 100% success rate.  No one that has undergone the process has committed suicide, or homicide, and the quality of life has greatly improved immediately.  The work we are doing has literally saved thousands of lives and you are now a part of this important work.....

Treating the survivors is also important after the grieving process has subsided.  We do not believe in eliminating any emotion from a person’s experience of life, only the way we react to life.  Good and bad is a learn perception.  Perception can be changed.  Change the way you look at something and the thing you are looking at will change.  But, first we must accept the fact that what is, is.....

At the point I have your head spinning, so I'll conclude that our only obstacle is funding, not a lack of clients.  This is especially true over the past year because of the economic down turn in the world.  Our work load has doubled and funding has been cut in half.....

Sincerely,....

Matthew Dovel
President
ISP
1736 E. Charleston Blvd., #301
Las Vegas, NV 89104
http://www.supportisp.org
http://www.kathylcarter.com/experts/matthewDovel/bio.html
president@supportisp.org
702-743-4340....

I'm writing you today to discuss my public option of "Death with Dignity".

First of all, I deal with death on a daily bases, and I personally clean up suicide scenes for families that do not have insurance, or the money to have it be done.  I've been doing this work for over twenty years, ever since my own attempted suicide.  I deal with suffering on a daily bases.  "Death with dignity" is nothing more than assisted suicide!

I meet people everyday that are suffering; they are suffering from financial disasters, relationships gone bad, from the loss of a child, and the list goes on and on.

When we step over the line, by terminating the lives of the terminally ill, and it becomes acceptable, then we will start looking at those with birth defects, mentally ill, homeless, ugly, etc.

We have learned nothing from the past.  This is the same road that Germany took during World War II.

"Death with Dignity" is a devaluation of the sanctity of human life.

Suffering is manageable, death is not!

My real problem with "Death with Dignity", "Assisted Suicide" is that it undermines all the work I have been doing for over twenty years. Subconsciously, when one human life is devalued it devalues all humans.  There is no measure for suffering, no scale, and it is completely objective to the individual that is experiencing it.  For me, a person that is suffering the loss of a child, a little baby, they are suffering much more than any terminal illness person could ever imagine. 

Quality of life?  I've been to homes that people have not gone into their dead child's room for ten years and still, every time they walk by the child's room they are incapacitated by grief. This is true suffering, at the deepest level. Think about it.

The cost of food has sky rocketed!

Global temperatures are getting warmer!

There is no end in sight for the war in Iraq!

The housing market has collapsed!

What do all of these issues have in common?

Well, these issues are all are contributing to a higher suicide rate!

It is a fact; over a million people commit suicide every year!

Some would say, "What difference does it make? It's the law of nature!  It's a thinning of the herd!"

What difference does it make?

The old man looked up and down the beach seeing a million starfish that had washed ashore, and he new that within a few hours the hot sun would kill them all.  Such was life the old man thought to himself.  After watching the little boy for a few minutes he finally asked the boy, "Hey boy!  What are you doing?"

The boy responded, "Can't you see?  I'm saving these starfish!  If they stay on the beach they will die!"

The old man said, "Can't you see?  There are a million starfish on the beach!  There are too many for hundreds of people to save, much less one little boy.  What difference will it make if you save a couple of starfish? Why don't you just give up?  You can't possibly make a difference!" 

The little boy just stood still for a few minutes thinking about what the old man had just said, and then he reached down and picked up another starfish, ran to the waters edge, and threw it back into the ocean.  Then, looking at the old man one more time, the little boy shouted back to the old man, "It makes a difference to that one!"

Please help us make a difference by making a contributory donation to ISP today!

http://www.supportisp.org

ISP 1736 E. Charleston Blvd., 301, Las Vegas, NV 89104

Thank you!