Stories
Our Stories are Powerful.
When we share our stories we heal. We gain perspective in the process of writing them down, and when our words take shape into printed form, we can experience a new level of freedom. And when they touch the lives of others, our stories can bring encouragement, healing, and freedom to them as well. May you be blessed by what you read here.
Kathy Nguyen: UConn Public Policy Graduate Internship at Coram Deo
My name is Kathy Nguyen and I am an intern at Coram Deo. I was born in Connecticut, but my parents moved to the US from Vietnam years before I was born. I grew up in West Hartford, where I worked in stage crew for multiple musicals in middle and high school. In my...
Sara’s Story: The Journey Continues
Update June 2021 I wrote that part of my story 2 years ago. I had just begun working in the field of recovery and my life was beginning to take on a very different shape than I ever could have imagined. In the past 2 years I have worked with over 100 women and...
Jody’s Story
My story starts out similarly to many who struggle with addiction: Abuse. Trauma. Feelings of abandonment. All beginning when I was very young: At three years old my mother divorced my alcoholic father My oldest brother went to live with him At 5, 6, 7 I was sexually...
Sara’s Story
Sara's StoryI took my first drink when I was 12 years old. I took it from my parents liquor cabinet.....I added water so it wouldn't be noticed. I began drinking more socially in high school, and became a blackout drinker by the time I turned 18. I was smoking...
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