I grew up in a very poor and broken home. When I was four years old, my parents got a divorce. My mother tried to protect me by telling me my father was working out of town and would be home soon. But, by the time I was nine, I figured out he wasn't...

As a child, I was molested by my brother's father. He was convicted of multiple counts, but my mom never believed it. When he got out of jail, she married him. He continued to molest my sister, and my mom finally left him. Most of my childhood, I was...

Ever since I was a little girl I felt unloved, inadequate, and overweight. I began taking diet pills at a very young age, because I thought I was fat. Soon after, I began drinking with my friends, which led to more drug use. I became dependent on the...