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.