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Awakening Blackout Girl
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Author : Jennifer Storm
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2020-10-06
Awakening Blackout Girl written by Jennifer Storm and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-06 with Social Science categories.
In this honest and practical guide, rape survivor and victim advocate Jennifer Storm shares the information, tools, and resources she has gained from more than twenty years of personal and professional experience to help fellow survivors recover from co-occurring sexual trauma and substance use. In recent years, the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements have exposed the truth that many already knew: sexual violence, victimization, and rape culture are real, pervasive, and causing widespread trauma for millions of survivors. This newfound visibility is also shedding light on the lack of resources available for victims to cope and heal from their pain. Perhaps it’s not surprising that many turn to whatever coping mechanisms are close by, which often include alcohol, other drugs, and unhealthy behaviors. How can people in recovery from both sexual trauma and substance use heal in a place where victim-blaming and addiction stigma collide? Jennifer Storm is living proof that there is hope. In her memoir Blackout Girl, she shared her story and showed survivors that they are not alone. In Awakening Blackout Girl, Jennifer goes further by providing the road map she used to wake herself up from the drug-fueled numbness that was killing her and to achieve a fulfilling life of recovery and advocacy. With more than twenty years of experience helping other victims through the criminal justice system, Jennifer knows what survivors face. In this guide, she provides the exercises, tools, and wisdom they need to heal. While covering crucial subjects ranging from shame and self-harm to sex and relationships, Jennifer’s message is this: Neither your pain, nor your offender, nor anyone else who doubts your strength gets to finish your story. You have the power to write your ending. You can survive, you can heal, and you can thrive.
Blackout Girl
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Author : Jennifer Storm
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2020-08-25
Blackout Girl written by Jennifer Storm and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-25 with Self-Help categories.
The coronavirus pandemic has made vulnerable people more vulnerable, and brought trauma into many lives that were already unsteady. A powerful testament to personal survival, this story of sexual violence and its effects on mental health, abuse, and addiction also offers insight into how the recovery and mental health treatment communities can change to address these issues more effectively. In this brutally honest and compelling memoir, Jennifer Storm revisits the trauma of her childhood rape and ensuing addiction and how she channeled her pain into a healing life of advocacy. Sexual assault, addiction, and other traumatic experiences can leave both physical and emotional scars. For Jennifer Storm, these scars serve as a reminder--both of the darkness and suffering she once experienced, and of how far she has come. When she was first assaulted at age twelve, Jennifer turned to alcohol to dull the emotional pain. After a string of childhood traumas, she fell into crack use and self-harm. Once Jennifer finally found treatment after surviving the last of multiple suicide attempts, she discovered that it was possible to heal her shame. She could start to recover by uncovering the secrets she had kept hidden for years. Blackout Girl is the heartbreaking, enlightening, and inspiring story of Jennifer’s narrow escape from her own self-destructive instincts when all of the odds, and systems, were stacked against her. Since Blackout Girl was first published in 2008, Jennifer has seen the #MeToo and Times Up movements empower countless brave survivors to reveal the truth of their experiences. Yet, our society is only just beginning to truly understand and support victims and recognize the importance of trauma-informed care. Now more relevant than ever, Jennifer’s story and professional insights expose the societal failures these victims have endured, and how we can all help each other heal. If you are still experiencing or recovering from victimization, Jennifer’s story shows you are not alone. For those struggling to understand a loved one’s experience of addiction and trauma, Jennifer’s recovery provides hope. This new edition of Blackout Girl includes additional chapters with more details of Jennifer’s story, new insights on the societal changes of the past decade, and a powerful foreword by survivor advocate and founder of the End Rape Statute of Limitations movement, Caroline Heldman, PhD. Blackout Girl is a must-read both for those looking to learn about the personal effects of widespread sexual assault and addiction and for those who already hold these issues dear.
Blackout Girl
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Author : Jennifer Storm
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009-06-03
Blackout Girl written by Jennifer Storm and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A riveting memoir of what happens to a teenage girl whose life is awash in alcohol, drugs, and the trauma of rape. Jennifer Storm's Blackout Girl is a can't-tear-yourself-away look at teenage addiction and redemption. At age six, Jennifer Storm was stealing sips of her mother's cocktails. By age 13, she was binge drinking and well on her way to regular cocaine and LSD use. Her young life was awash in alcohol, drugs, and the trauma of rape. She anesthetized herself to many of the harsh realities of her young life--including her own misunderstandings about her sexual orientation--, which made her even more vulnerable to victimization. Blackout Girl is Storm's tender and gritty memoir, revealing the depths of her addiction and her eventual path to a life of accomplishment and joy.
Awakening Blackout Girl Journal
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Author : Hazelden Publishing
language : en
Publisher: Hazelden Stationery
Release Date : 2020-10-06
Awakening Blackout Girl Journal written by Hazelden Publishing and has been published by Hazelden Stationery this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-06 with Self-Help categories.
Survivors of sexual abuse will love this beautifully designed journal to express feelings, thoughts, and memories as they continue their recovery journey. A perfect companion to Jennifer Storm’s Blackout Girl and Awakening Blackout Girl, this beautifully designed softcover journal with lay-flat, lined pages offers ample space for recording daily reflections, thoughts, and feelings to help continue your recovery journey. Start your day by making room for the light.
Echoes Of Penn State
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Author : Jennifer Storm
language : en
Publisher: Central Recovery Press, LLC
Release Date : 2012-06-15
Echoes Of Penn State written by Jennifer Storm and has been published by Central Recovery Press, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-15 with Self-Help categories.
Award-winning author and nationally recognized victim's rights advocate, Jennifer Storm, has written a powerful response to the Jerry Sandusky adolescent sex abuse case. Mixing elements of her own story of victimization with a stunning critique of the handling of the case, she has created a document that is required reading for anyone trying to find answers in this unfolding tragedy.
I Want My Life Back
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Author : Steve Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Release Date : 2012-09-28
I Want My Life Back written by Steve Hamilton and has been published by Penguin Random House South Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-28 with Self-Help categories.
One is too many. A thousand is never enough.' 'Andrea arrived in rehab at the same time as me. We were in admissions together. I can't remember how many times she'd tried to get clean, but it was my eleventh institution and I was dying. For two days I listened to her withdrawal in a room just down the passage from mine. The screaming, the swearing, the crying - and the hideous, desperate ka-klung! of the bars on the side of the bed as she wrestled with the restraints that kept her tied to it. I don't know what damage they thought she could have done really. Andrea had had all the tips of her fingers amputated. She'd got gangrene from shooting up under her nails too many times ...' At the age of fifteen I already had a criminal record, busted by the drug squad for possession of an illegal substance. You'd think I'd have learnt a lesson, wouldn't you, but I'm still learning, even though I'm clean of street drugs now - well, just for today - and have a lot of clean time behind me. The hardest lesson of all for an addict is that the nightmare is never over and the powerful seduction of just one more high never ever goes away. The story in these pages is not a comfortable one. It doesn't have an ending and I'm not even sure if it has a true beginning. Some of the time it may read like a bad dream. It isn't. It's my life you're holding in your hands. Don't let it be yours.
My Year Of Rest And Relaxation
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Author : Ottessa Moshfegh
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2018-07-10
My Year Of Rest And Relaxation written by Ottessa Moshfegh and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-10 with Fiction categories.
From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.
Winter S Awakening
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Author : Shelley Shepard Gray
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2010-02-02
Winter S Awakening written by Shelley Shepard Gray and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-02 with Fiction categories.
In Winter’s Awakening, the first book in her heartwarming series “Seasons of Sugarcreek,” author Shelley Shepard Gray begins an unforgettable new saga of love and faith set within the Amish community. As she did in her enormously popular “Sisters of the Heart” books, Gray opens a window onto a fascinating culture and society, and tells a moving and inspiring tale that readers of Beverly Lewis, Wanda Brunstetter, and Cindy Woodsmall, and every fan of Christian fiction will be eager take into their hearts.
Diana Herself
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Author : Martha Beck
language : en
Publisher: Bewilderment Chronicles
Release Date : 2016-04-25
Diana Herself written by Martha Beck and has been published by Bewilderment Chronicles this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-25 with Fiction categories.
In this exuberant allegory, bestselling memoir and self-help author Martha Beck takes readers into the wild parts of the world and the human psyche. The story of Diana, Herself helps every reader chart a course for awakening to greater joy, adventure, and purpose.
Blackout
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Author : Paul Porter
language : en
Publisher: Booklocker.com
Release Date : 2017-05-31
Blackout written by Paul Porter and has been published by Booklocker.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-31 with African American musicians categories.
An explosive look at the music industry's dark side.