abuse

Home is where the heart is, or so they say. But what if your heart is stuck wandering around, lost, with no sense of direction?

Drug overdosing is the second leading cause of accidental deaths. If you haven’t already guessed, automobile accidents are the first. Unfortunately, not enough high school and college aged kids view this subject with the amount of severity it deserves. Between 1999 and 2004 the number of deaths caused by accidental overdose rose 62.5%.

I am thankful for my best friend. She grew up in a not so ‘white picket fence’ home. For a time, she had to survive and tolerate her mother’s abusive boyfriend who later became her mother’s husband (that is after some jail time lots of counseling and drug rehab). My friend is the one that brought to my attention how I am and the one that helped me come up with the one time rule to protect us from the things that can happen.

1,400 teens die from drug overdose every year. Drugs have taken a big toll on teens. Peer pressure is one of the main causes for so many teens using drugs. No matter what your friends or enemies have told you, doing or selling drugs does not make you cool. It makes you stupid. Why would you put something into your body that you know could only hurt you?

I met a guy, he was handsom, he was funny, he was charismatic, he was amazing. The first 6 mos. of our relationship was blissful and beautiful. However, the bliss was soon over as the saying goes, " ignorance is bliss", it is so true because soon I learned the truth about my prince charming. A little after our 6 mos. anniversary, I learned that he had lied to me about multiple things.

Home is supposed to be a place of serenity, a place to relax, a place to be yourself and unwind. What if home is not that? What if you are terrified to go home? Where does one find the time and place to let the mind heal?

Warning: This blog post contains some sensitive subject matter that some might find disturbing. This includes, but is not limited to: physical abuse, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, and things that are just downright wrong. Please read only at your own risk. You have been warned.

The other day on the news, there was a story of several families in this one rural area I believe, in Texas that were suspected of abusing their children, so CPS (Child Protective Services) took the children away for DNA testing, which to me was a huge shock because I didn't know that they (CPS) could do such a thing. The parents of the children look wicked crazy too!