Amber Luke is known as Australia’s most tattooed woman, 98% of her body is covered in ink. But that’s not why she’s sitting down with me today.

Amber is 10 months clean from meth. And she’s walking away from the longest job she’s ever held: sex work.

She’s felt lost for as long as she can remember. As a teenager, she spiraled into addiction, deep depression, and even turned to Satanism in a desperate attempt to escape her reality.

Today, in our chat, she’s doing something she’s never done before: opening up about a moment from her childhood that still lives with her. Something she’s never spoken about publicly. And she’s asking the question that haunts so many of us: If that one thing hadn’t happened, how different could my life have been?

Trigger Warning: we discuss themes of sexual assault, child sexual abuse and substance abuse. Please take care while listening.

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