Thursday Feb 02, 2023

E86 - Mayara Souza - How To Survive A Traumatic Childhood and Come Out the Other Side

She was raised in a poor neighbourhood Southeast of Brazil, in a family of heavy drinkers. When she was 4 years old, her father had a heart attack and died. She had a rough childhood with lots of struggle and violence, sexual, physical, and mental abuse, that brought a lot of pain and fear into her life.

She started drinking heavily to numb the pain and hopelessness when she was around 12 years old. The addiction to alcohol and the destructive behaviour were a big part of her life for many years.

When she was 26 years old and with a 3-year-old daughter she finally moved to the US, she was so thirsty for a change that she taught herself English in that first year; worked in a variety of different jobs – including house-cleaner and as a prepper that became a painter at an auto body shop; all while taking night classes and being a single parent to her daughter.

Finally, after a few years of hard work, she got what she wanted “9-5 office job.” She was still drinking heavily and feeling miserable…..That’s when something started changing inside of her, I started rethinking my life and my decisions. There was this subtle voice, always reminding her of her father’s premature death

She realized that something had to change, or she would end up like her father and just the thought of her little girl losing her to alcohol was unbearable.

But I’m not going to tell you the whole story as I’m going to let her tell you how she found herself and got over her alcoholism.

E86 - Mayara Souza - How To Survive A Traumatic Childhood and Come Out the Other Side

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