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Jade

I was a functioning alcoholic doing cocaine, sleeping around, deep in the New Age — spirit guides, crystals, Reiki, ayahuasca — telling everyone meditation was amazing while my life was an absolute mess. I hated myself and didn't care if I died.

Jenny

I walked like a man, talked like a man, looked like a man. I was a cocaine addict, an alcoholic, in a same-sex relationship I was about to marry, cutting myself to relieve mental torment, and trying to end my life. I had a poker face that hid all of it.

David

I was a master manipulator who could twist any situation and make it someone else's fault. I hated myself so much I provoked people to beat me and bashed my own head in private. I worked nonstop trying to fill a void that success could never touch.

Christine

I was a foster care kid who aged out of the system with a felony, no education, and a deep belief that I was a mistake. I fled my marriage, practiced Buddhism, and sought worth in all the wrong places. I was angry, broken, and terrified — and I didn't believe God existed.

Tessa

I was a dominatrix and sex worker who felt completely unworthy and unlovable. The adult industry made me feel worthy when nothing else did. I had no ID, no way out, and a suicide plan ready for when my time in the industry ran out.