The Healing Power of Telling Your Story | Breaking Free From Substance Abuse with Lori Ann McQuillen
Meet Lori Ann McQuillen! Today’s conversation is one of those real, raw, and vulnerable stories. In this episode, you’ll hear Lori Ann’s intimate story of lifelong substance abuse. Through her story, you’ll come to better understand the bondage of addiction and how severely it can take hold of one’s life, to the point of almost losing it. You’ll have the chance to rejoice with us as you learn how Lori Ann was able to finally break free and restore her life!
Topics discussed in this episode:
- The childhood trauma Lori Ann experienced through rejection from her own dad and how that established unhealthy core beliefs at a young age.
- Her struggle with addiction, teen pregnancy, losing her 4 children to the state, finding herself in and out of jail, and almost losing her life to overdose.
- Lori Ann’s redemptive recovery story - How God has restored her through His word and the support system he placed around her. Her story is one of true transformation in every way: mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and relationally!
Opening your heart for the good of others – to share what you’ve experienced so that others can learn from your story is vulnerable, yet filled with such purpose! She has worked so hard to transform her life into purpose and joy, and she’s now experiencing the healing power of telling her story today too! Lori Ann is a wonderful example of someone who’s turned great pain into purpose - and she’s just getting started!
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