January 2012

Born to Raise Hell

A drunken mom lost her kids—and herself—until a chance encounter with an old high school chum

I lived my childhood and teenage years on a farm with five siblings and a raging alcoholic dad. At 18, I married a Wisconsin farmer and escaped my father’s physical, verbal and sexual abuse. I vowed that I would never be like him.

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