Foggy.

Well, unfortunately i started sleeping with men just so i had somewhere to stay the night, i even tried prostitution to get the money for somewhere to live, but i was scared walking the streets for money, so that didn't last long. I was 17 then, i started drinking heavily from first thing in the morning and that helped a lot. I continued doing this for two years and it worked, it got me away from 'home' or if i was there i was too drunk to notice, how i managed to hold down a job at this point i do not know. Maybe guardian angels work extra hard for the abused? All i remember of this time is having good friends and being kicked so hard in the leg that i still have a lump on it 19 years later. Steel toe caps can cause permanent damage. But drink blotted out everything, so it was ok.