WELCOME TO OUR BLOG
Our blog features the story of one of the participants here at SafeHope Home who wanted to share her story with you. The story will be anonymous to protect her identity, all the other details of her journey will be left as is. We hope that through this blog, you will gain insight into the issue of human trafficking that is happening here in Canada and that you’ll be encouraged to see that change, though a long journey, is possible.
What Led Me to SafeHope Home
Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault, Abuse, Drug Use, SuicideHello Readers, My name is April, and I am extremely excited and honoured to have been asked to take part in this blog. I am so grateful to have found SafeHope Home. I am a survivor of Human Trafficking and I believe it is because of SafeHope Home that I am alive today. I would like to use this blog as an opportunity to use my experience of being trafficked to bring awareness to H.T. and the traumatic hurdles that I have had to overcome, in hopes that my story can inspire change and save another life. In today's blog, I'd like to start off by sharing with you what led me to SafeHope...
Exploring Interests
Hi guys, Ruby here! I hope everyone is doing well. I definitely am. So I’ve been here just over a month, and I’m definitely digging it. Last week I went on a bus adventure, which is quite a big deal to me, because I absolutely hate public transit. However one of the staff went with me, and made it into a decent day. I find it hard to push myself to do things that I know I can do, and I don’t even understand why. I am going to start on the treadmill at the gym, because I was so sore after a fifteen minute walk, which is again because I don’t like to push myself. But now I realize I have to build my strength back up. I’m going to be trying to...
MINI SERIES: Addiction, Affliction, & Affection – Part 1
Trigger Warning: Drug Use Good Day to all my Fellow Warriors A great love story is one where we all know how the main character feels. A true love story is one where we hope we may never know how the main character feels in the story. Names have been changed. Some events have been deleted from the timeline. This is in order to protect the identity of the author. Let's set the mood: It's dusk on an Indian Summer early fall in the early evening; the sun setting paints the sky with colours from purple to red. In the air faint waves of barbecue linger over the scent of fresh cut grass. I am on a mission to find dope for the...
MINI-SERIES: Addiction, Affliction, and Affection – Prologue
Trigger Warning: Abuse, Drug Use, SuicideMy fellow WARRIORS!!! I am excited to share this new piece with you. It's a Mini-Series over several weeks sharing the impact of love in my life during addiction and recovery that has changed my life entirely. I believe that although I have had good and bad relationships in my life prior to my drug addiction and the trauma during the past years, I truly believe that this particular love line has been the love line that has changed my perspective on love ... and life. It involves 2 particular men. Both of whom I love dearly. Both of whom play an integral role in my life. Both who changed my soul. I...
Summer Update
Hello everyone, Ruby here! Summer is (unfortunately) upon us. I’m not the biggest fan of the season, because Summer and I do not mix well. I burn very easily (even with sunscreen and the shade), I get overheated very fast, and it makes me very sluggish. I do enjoy parts of it, such as going on little walks, and seeing animals, birds, and even bugs! I went on a little trail walk today, I couldn’t make it all the way to the end, because of my disability, but it was nice getting out there and taking some pictures. The other day there was a HUGE snake in the yard, and I got some pictures and posted them on social media, and people commented “Is...
Coping
Hello To All My Fellow Warriors Coping. Coping is something we all have to do in order to survive life and the situations that we find ourselves in. Trauma. Abuse. Suffering. Pain. These all lead to depression, anxiety, loneliness, loss, lowered self-worth, and loss of self-control. The coping mechanisms we use are often unhealthy. Addiction. Sleeping. Eating or not eating, and so many others. However, we coped. We made it through. For that, I am grateful. Better coping skills include journaling, talking, group therapy, self-care, reading, and other activities that you are interested in and able to focus on in order to improve your...
Happy Birthday Mom
Trigger Warning: Drug UseHey, guys, it's Ruby here, for this blog post I wanted to share with you something that I wrote for my mom. I cried while writing it, and it took a lot for me to actually type the words out. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share something vulnerable. Hey mom, it's your birthday today, you're 50 years old already. I've heard you're doing better now and I'm so proud of you! I love you so much still, and even just to prepare writing this, I'm crying. Looking at these pictures is like a punch right into my soul. After I showered and was drying between my toes I got sucker punched by the memory how you used...
Endings
Hello My Fellow Warriors Endings. The word itself is a hard word to say and to hear. It brings on feelings of unease and uncertainty. It brings on anxiety and fears of the unknown. The unknown is a fear that we all have to face in our lives. I am now finalizing my stay in a rehabilitation facility with a sobriety date of 6 months. While I am excited about the next stage of my life, the end of this chapter is very much a reminder of how important it is to be present when living our lives. The time seems to have flown by. I have learned so much during this process of my journey of recovery that I am now in a position to be able to continue to...
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