How Verbal Abuse Lead To Substance Abuse

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In Episode 30, Audrey talks about the abuse she endured while growing up, leading her to use substances to numb her feelings. Her life became chaotic before she began recovery, after which she started writing those feelings down in the form of poems and recovery stories which have been published in multiple books. 

American Addiction Centers (AAC) presents “Far From Finished,” a weekly podcast that shares the real-life stories of people who survived addiction to thrive in recovery. In Episode 30, Audrey talks about the abuse she endured while growing up, leading her to use substances to numb her feelings. The high was everything that she had been looking for. Eventually she became broke with an extreme habit and she did all she could (sold, traded, stole) to get more meth. In return meth robbed her of her happiness, family, home and her life — she no longer felt like a human being. Her life became too chaotic before she began recovery on September 6, 1994, after which she started writing her feelings down in the form of poems and recovery stories which have been published in multiple books.

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