Ep. 11 Maggie's Story, Part 2: "He Didn't Even Notice I Was Gone" -Leaving an Abusive Marriage

Trigger warning: emotional and financial abuse within a marriage, a false criminal accusation and arrest, suicidal ideation, and grief.This is Part 2 of a three-part series.At the end of Part 1, Maggie was alive. Angry about it. Not yet knowing what was still ahead.Part 2 is the long middle. And if you've ever lived through a long middle - the part where things are hard and slow and there's no obvious way out - you will recognize something of yourself in this episode.Maggie stayed in a marriage for nearly twenty years that slowly took everything: her money, her confidence, her voice. She knew something was wrong. But she had been practicing survival since she was small.And then her son was born. And everything shifted.Part 2 covers: almost two decades of financial and emotional control - finding her voice at work because it was the only place she had one - her son's birth and the turning point he became - the moment her twelve-year-old said he couldn't watch her cry anymore - being fired and falsely accused of embezzling at the same time she was facing a cancer scare - the arrest, the mugshot on the front page, and $$$ in restitution ordered for something she didn't do - why she pleaded guilty - forgiving her dying father - and the morning she packed everything into a little car and drove away while her husband was at work.He didn't even notice she was gone.All parts available now. Subscribe so you don't miss our next great story.Resources:Crisis/Suicide: 988 (US/CA) · Samaritans 116 123 (UK/IE) · Lifeline 13 11 14 (AU) · 0800 543 354 (NZ) | 988lifeline.orgDomestic Violence: 1-800-799-7233 (US) · 0808 2000 247 (UK) · sheltersafe.ca (CA) · 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732 (AU) · Women's Aid 1800 341 900 (IE) · Are You OK 0800 456 450 (NZ)Sexual Assault: RAINN 1-800-656-4673 (US) · Rape Crisis 0808 802 9999 (England/Wales) · 08088 01 03 02 (Scotland) · casac.ca (CA) · 1800RESPECT (AU) · DRCC 1800 778 888 (IE) · Safe to Talk 0800 044 334 (NZ)Pregnancy & Infant Loss: nationalshare.org (US) · Sands 0808 164 3332 sands.org.uk (UK) · pailnetwork.ca (CA) · Sands 1300 072 637 sands.org.au (AU) · alittlelifetime.ie (IE) · sands.org.nz (NZ)Mental Health: SAMHSA 1-800-662-4357 samhsa.gov (US) · Mind 0300 123 3393 mind.org.uk (UK) · crisisservicescanada.ca (CA) · Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 (AU) · mentalhealthireland.ie (IE) · mentalhealth.org.nz (NZ)Website: anchormomentspod.comInstagram: @anchormomentspod