by Juggling The Jenkins | Feb 22, 2021 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
***Trigger Warning: Talk of suicide and self-harm*** I grew up with a verbally and emotionally abusive father. We weren’t allowed to talk about our true emotions, instead, we had to act like everything was ok. The only emotion that was acceptable was anger and...
by Juggling The Jenkins | Feb 17, 2021 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
My name is Lindsey and I am an addict. As a child, my parents gave us all the material things you could think of and we were a wealthy family. I am one of six children. I have one younger sister, three older sisters, and one older brother. I developed an eating...
by Juggling The Jenkins | Feb 6, 2021 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
Everybody has a story. Where they grew up, what their family was like, how they did in school, who their friends were. But it wasn’t until I was introduced to the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous in Omaha, NE that I was told that none of it mattered: why I am the...
by Juggling The Jenkins | Jan 27, 2021 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
Growing up I had a seemingly normal life, however, I experienced trauma and childhood abuse early on that I learned to keep quiet from my immediate family. This “secret keeping” and an overwhelming sense that there was something wrong with me would follow me and...
by Juggling The Jenkins | Jan 20, 2021 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
My story did not begin in an unusual way for a teenager. It started with weekend sleepovers with a group of friends during which we would creep out the back door once parents had gone to sleep; sneaking sips of wine and hits from a joint through quiet laughter. I...
