Turning to Drugs to Cover the Pain: Rape, Abuse, Manipulation, Shame, Guilt, and Emptiness--Shannon Cook's Story (Part 1)

Shannon shares it all, she opens up about being raped at age 14 and about the trajectory of tragedy her life took from that point on.  She shares about multiple abusive and failed relationships, severe drug addiction, and how she came to the place where she felt that suicide was the answer.  But God had other plans for Shannon!!!!!Shannon exposes so many of the lies our Enemy (Satan) uses to lead us into darkness and try to trap us there forever.  Too many of us follow those lies on a path that leads only to heartache and sorrow.  Listen to Shannon's story and take courage to reject the lies and seek out the truth God wants us to know instead.This episode takes you through Shannon's life all the way up till she was released from jail in 2011 and meets "the devil in blue jeans".