"Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse."

Abuse, Children, Victims

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"Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse."

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"An abuser isn't abusive 24/7. They usually demonstrate positive character traits most of the time. That's what makes the abuse so confusing when it happens, and what makes leaving so much more difficult."

Miya Yamanouchi, Japanese Author

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"Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it really isn't about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words."

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

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Asa Don Brown, Canadian Author

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"The problem with depicting abusers as full-time monsters is that when a person is actually experiencing abuse in their own life, they'll think 'oh but he's the sweetest guy most of the time so he can't be an abuser ' or 'but he's not ALWAYS horrible, he's usually amazing, so he's not an abuser', and they'll make the mistake of thinking they mustn't really be being abused when they actually are."

Miya Yamanouchi, Japanese Author

Abuse, Awareness, Truth, Reality

"There are generally three parties to child abuse: the abused, the abuser and the bystander."

Louise Penny, Canadian Author

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"Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

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"There was a reason my first substantial role after rehab was to play a maniac whose personal story ended badly. I knew what it was like to go those dark places. I played a guy who died as a result of his abuse."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Abuse, First, Play, Reason

"Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

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"He said he loved more than any other women he's ever loved and I had a black eye to prove it."

Crystal Woods, American Poet

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