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JAX, WOMAN WOMAN IS HELPING
OTHERS BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE,
BUILD THEIR SKILLS AND GIVING
BACK TO TH COMMUNITY.
>>> I REALLY DON'T HAVE HOPE
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE GOD HAS
FORGOTTEN ABOUT ME.
I FEEL LIKE HE HAS FORSAKEN ME
BECAUSE I COME FROM A FAMILY
THAT IS FAITH-BASED BUT SEEMS
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS MOVING UP
IN LIFE AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS
DOING GOOD EXCEPT ME.
WHY AM I FORGOTTEN ABOUT?
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW HIGH I
GET, I'M STILL GOING TO FEEL
GUILTY AND STILL FEEL ASHAMED.
DRUGS MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I CAN GO
THERE WHEN I'M HIGH.
WHEN I COME DOWN I REALIZE I'M
STILL HERE.
MY NAME IS SHORTY.
I REMEMBER WHEN MY ROCK BOTTOM
WAS ON MY WAY COMING FROM THE
CLUB LATE AT NIGHT 4:00 A.M.
WITH MY TWO BOYS IN THE BACK.
BEFORE I PICKED UP MY KIDS, I
TOPPED HALF A BILL OF ECSTASY,
BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY HIGH.
SO I NEEDED TO BALANCE OUT MY
HIGH, I NEEDED TO COME DOWN, I
FEEL IF I TOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE
IT WILL MAKE ME MORE SANE TO
DRIVE HOME.
ON MY WAY HOME I FELT THE HIGH
START TO COME IN.
BUT AS I MADE A U-TURN THE WHOLE
CAR SPINED.
AS THE CAR SPINED I LOOKED IN
THE BACK AND IT IS LIKE IN SLOW
MOTION I SAW MY KIDS EFFAC.
I SAW THEIR FACE AND I COULDN'T
AT THAT MOMENT I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT WAS, BUT I COULDN'T GO ON,
BECAUSE WHEN I SAW MY BABIES
EFFACE LIKE MOMMY, MOMMY, WHY.
>>> MY NAME IS SABRINA.
I'M NOT SHORTY FROM THE STREETS.
I CAM TO GET AB BRAND-NEW SET
OF ENDS FROM, SET OF PEOPLE,
DIFFERENT CHARACTER, PEOPLE WHO
INSPIRE ME TO DO WHAT I'M DOING
TODAY AND I CAME AND FOUND MY
OUTLET.
OF DISCOVERING WHO AND WHAT MY
PURPOSE IS AND THAT IS TO BE A
LEATHER LEADER AND NOT A
FOLLOWER.
>>> A SOCIAL NETWORKING GROUP,
WE'RES WILL CONSIDERED A SUPPORT
GROUP FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE A
PASSION FOR SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE.
IT IS REALLY NICE TO KNOW THAT
THIS GROUP HAS IMPACTED HER AS
MUCH AS IT HAS, YOU KNOW, AND
SHE DID THAT, YOU KNOW, SILENTLY
ON HER OWNT.
SHE TOOK EXACTLY WHAT SHE NEEDED
FROM THE WORKSHOP AND WHEN SHE
WAS COMFORTABLE, SHE REVEALED,
YOU KNOW, H TRUTH.
>>> THIS LADY IS WHERE I FOUND
MY PURPOSE.
BECAUSE I WAS LOST.
PEOPLE WILL LOOK LIKE I HAVE
ITING TO, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING
TOGETHER.
I DON'T CARE HOW PRETTY I AM OR
GOOD A SHAPE, THAT IS NOT WHO
GOD A HAS ME TO BE.
MY PURPOSE IS DEFENDANT, I'M
PURPOSE 68, I'M HERE, A I'M A
WOMAN AND STAND UP MY FEET AND
STAND UP AND I SMILE TO YOU
BECAUSE I COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD,
I WAS ON DRUGS AND THIS IS NOT
FUN BEING ON DRUGS, IT IS NOT
FUN ALLOWS NATING ON HEROIN.
IT IS NOT FUN AND I'M SITTING UP
HERE TELLING YOU, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
FINDING SABRINA BECAUSE I GOT
RID OF SHORTY.
>>> THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING ME
TO FIND THE PURPOSE IN SABRINA
BECAUSE BEFORE I DIDN'T HAVE A
PURPOSE, I THOUGHT I DID, I
THOUGHT I DID BUT LEAF HAS
DEFINITELY HELPED ME FIND THAT