Child Abuse Story of Healing and Recovery From Sarah
by Sarah
(Canada)
In the Eye of Deception:
Having grown up with physical and mental abuse, I turned to cope with a drug addiction, eating disorder and self-injury. Things went from bad to worse as I lived on the notion, I had no right to exist. I ended up being pulled into a cult and repeatedly raped until I somehow made it out of there after 6 months. At that point, I no longer wanted to live. However, I met a woman who invited me to a church meeting. I can't tell you how or what, or even why, but something touched me. The drug addiction was broken. I have never touched drugs since. I continued to struggle for years though with cutting, and an eating disorder.
What worked? My faith, counseling, learning to replace the lies I was told with truth about my worth and my right to live. It's a process, a long process.
I returned to school and in spite of all the drugs I did, and the countless times my head was bashed against a wall, I ended up on the Dean's Honor List and now have a platform, as a social worker, to help others on the journey to healing and recovery.
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