Running from Yesterday: A True Story of Hope, Courage, and Love

"One day, I find a bottle of Smirnoff under the kitchen sink. I have never seen anyone drink it, but I know it is liquor. I take a giant swig. Holy burning! I feel like my throat is torched. It takes what seems like forever to stop stinging. When it does, I forget I am angry, lonely, and especially sad. I feel so sad at only ten years old."

Margarette had her first drink at an age when most kids were still watching cartoons! Struggling through her childhood and teenage years with a mother w...