As the Phoenix Rises: The Ashes Remain

Childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse will often lead to the inability to cope with its lasting effects of pain and memories long into adulthood. Many adult survivors have difficulty adjusting, feeling isolated and alone while trying to live a normal life.

The pain often leads finding ways to cope, such as drugs and alcohol. Some will contemplate, attempt, and even succeed in taking their own life.

Whether male or female, if you were abused as a child or know someone who was, you ar...