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*This story contains multiple trigger warnings including Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Physical Violence and Abuse, as well as Suicidal Thoughts.* To me, these men saved my life. The summer of 2013 was indeed one of the hardest times of my life. I was ten years old and my life couldn’t possibly get worse. My mother and I lived in our family’s basement, sharing our space with a large pantry and utility room. We had no privacy to speak of, for a ten-year-old child you might see how this was unnerving. My uncle an abusive drunk who ...
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