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Stories of Recovery

“A bridge across a ravine, between the life you are in, across to the life you want for yourself”

The Bridge

December 3, 2024

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“The key turns in the cage door and it creaks open, just a sliver. Just Enough.”

Write it out

November 25, 2024

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It’s never what you think, it creeps up slowly .....

Claire’s Poem

February 22, 2022

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"My experience of the Write to Recovery group" by Leah

Leah’s poem

September 4, 2020

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"That’s the thing with domestic abuse, it sneaks up on you" by Claire

Claire’s Story

March 11, 2020

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"I carried on with life, denying the truth of what was happening to me"

Joy’s Journey

February 7, 2020

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"Dad started getting angry more often and started arguing a lot with Mum" by Sarah

Sarah’s Story

January 17, 2020

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"Not only did I find my befriender easy to talk to..." by Rebecca

Rebecca’s Story

January 14, 2020

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"I didn’t even fully realise the scale of what had happened to me..." by Amy

Amy’s Recovery Journey

January 14, 2020

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