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'Where the hell am I? How did I get here?' Beginning at the age of 12, Jennifer Storm asked herself these questions many times after waking from alcohol-induced blackouts. During her teens and early twenties, Storm turned to alcohol to deal with the traumas in her life. In addition to alcohol, she also experimented with drugs, and eventually began using crack to deal with the deep black hole of sadness, loss, and unworthiness that she felt inside herself. That is, until she awoke in a hospital psych ward and saw bandages on her wrists. 'The doctor came in and said I was a very lucky girl to be alive, ' she explains, 'and for the first time in my life, I believed it.' She agreed to transfer to a rehabilitation center, though she wondered how life would be without alcohol and drugs.'Even as I asked myself this question, I quietly just knew I would never need them again. That inherent knowledge gave me a greater sense of peace than I had ever felt before. It was intoxicating in a whole new way.'
'Where the hell am I? How did I get here?' Beginning at the age of 12, Jennifer Storm asked herself these questions many times after waking from alcohol-induced blackouts. During her teens and early twenties, Storm turned to alcohol to deal with the traumas in her life. In addition to alcohol, she also experimented with drugs, and eventually began using crack to deal with the deep black hole of sadness, loss, and unworthiness that she felt inside herself. That is, until she awoke in a hospital psych ward and saw bandages on her wrists. 'The doctor came in and said I was a very lucky girl to be alive, ' she explains, 'and for the first time in my life, I believed it.' She agreed to transfer to a rehabilitation center, though she wondered how life would be without alcohol and drugs.'Even as I asked myself this question, I quietly just knew I would never need them again. That inherent knowledge gave me a greater sense of peace than I had ever felt before. It was intoxicating in a whole new way.'
Jennifer Storm is the executive director of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 2002, Governor Edward G. Rendell appointed Storm as a commissioner to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Her media appearances include frequent live and taped interviews on all major networks as a spokesperson for victims' rights. She has been profiled and appeared in We, Women, Central Penn Business Journal, Rolling Stone, Time, and many local and statewide newspapers.
"A common story. A rare twist. When the American dream became her
secret nightmare. Jennifer Storm begins the dark descent into
addiction. Then she discovers that the same events that destroy her
also create her. Written in a humble, raw voice, Blackout Girl
helps us remember where we came from--and why."
--Melody Beattie, author of Codependent No More, The Grief Club,
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