by Juggling The Jenkins | Mar 31, 2021 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
***Trigger Warning: Mentions self-harm, molestation, and rape*** As I sit here in prison, I think back to when I was in my addiction and how I thought I would die using. I couldn’t imagine myself ever getting sober. I am so thankful for my Higher Power (God) for...
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 | Oct 3, 2019 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
*TW: Language of self-harm* When I was younger I thought I lived a pretty normal life. I guess all kids think their lives are normal until they get old enough to really look around and see their life is actually a little different. I was the youngest of five girls....
by Tiffany Jenkins | Dec 3, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
It was September 11th, 2009. I slowly and painfully opened my eyes to see a screenshot of the Twin Towers collapsing on the news in a memorial tribute they were conducting. I wanted to feel empathy for the pain these people were experiencing, but I couldn’t. I...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Jul 9, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
Self Harm & Sexual Abuse. (Triggers) I grew up in a very chaotic and abusive family, my father and mother were born into chaotic families themselves and had very little skills in the way of parenting, loving, or emotional/self-regulation. They did...
