The Dark Despair of a Functioning Addict

Published: Feb. 18, 2015, 5 a.m.

A little girl addicted to food in elementary school who went on to smoking cigarettes and doing meth as a teenager, having a meth-induced stroke at 20, and then to alcohol … all attempts to block out the memories of the abusive beatings from her tyrant stepfather and the neglect of her mother.     Cindy’s story is heart-wrenching; her courage perpetuated her to find help. A professional who hasn’t told her plight until now … Her healing continues.