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I couldn’t understand, from the civil war and being exposed to dead bodies, abuse, and suffering, from being in shelters and then coming to America thinking “finally”.
"Don't pray that I come home real soon because if I come home real soon I'm gonna mess up again real big."
"I would take off and stay gone for days."
"I had never heard anyone pray like that. I knew right then that he had something that I did not have."
Carrie prostituted herself for drugs. As a registered nurse, educated and articulate, she never expected to go so low.
Then I actually started dating a boy who used them recreationally. It led me to use them more and more, which led to a path of just, it led to addiction. I started to become dependent on them.
"I was the girl on top of the bar with money being put on me, not remembering any of it the next morning."
I was sixteen when I got pregnant, at the end of my ninth grade year. I met Cory who ended up being my daughter’s father. I quit hanging out with all my friends on the cheer leading team, and started hanging out with his frie...
"Suddenly I felt the real power and presence of God. It was like fire and electricity shooting through my body."