S21 Ep6: (2/2) [Emma] Choose Peace
Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media
4.1 • 26K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
*Content Warning: Sexual assault, rape, assault, sexual harassment, substance abuse, substance use disorder, physical abuse, domestic violence, gambling
*Sources:
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence. Rockville (MD): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US); 1997. (Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 25.) Chapter 1—Effects of Domestic Violence on Substance Abuse Treatment. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64441/
McNeely J, Adam A. Substance Use Screening and Risk Assessment in Adults [Internet]. Baltimore (MD): Johns Hopkins University; 2020 Oct. Table 3, DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Diagnosing and Classifying Substance Use Disorders [abc]
Mehr JB, Bennett ER, Price JL, de Souza NL, Buckman JF, Wilde EA, Tate DF, Marshall AD, Dams-O'Connor K, Esopenko C. Intimate partner violence, substance use, and health comorbidities among women: A narrative review. Front Psychol. 2023 Jan 27;13
Professional, Cleveland Clinic medical. “Substance Use Disorder (SUD): Symptoms & Treatment.” Cleveland Clinic, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16652-drug-addiction-substance-use-disorder-sud. Accessed 25 June 2024.
“Substance Abuse and Addiction Statistics [2023].” NCDAS, 2 May 2024, drugabusestatistics.org/
“Substance Use Disorder.” Johns Hopkins Medicine, 31 Jan. 2023, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/substance-abuse-chemical-dependency.
*Resources:
Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources
Faces and Voices of Recovery (nonprofit) https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/
Learn About Treatment for Mental Health, Drugs, or Alcohol https://www.samhsa.gov/find-support/learn-about-treatment
Quick Guide for Clinicians https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/sma15-3583.pdf
SAMHSA’s National Helpline https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
SAFE Project (resource for help) https://www.safeproject.us/about-us/
Shatterproof (nonprofit) https://www.shatterproof.org/
Vine https://www.vinelink.com/#state-selection
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| 0:00.0 | Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences, as it discusses topics that can be upsetting, |
| 0:05.9 | such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, rape, and murder. |
| 0:10.9 | Content warnings for each episode and confidential resources for survivors can be found in the episode |
| 0:17.2 | notes. Some survivor names have been changed for anonymity purposes. |
| 0:22.5 | pseudonyms are given to minors in these stories for their privacy and protection. |
| 0:27.2 | Testimony shared by guests of the show is their own and does not necessarily reflect |
| 0:32.1 | the views of myself, broken cycle media, or Wondery. The podcast and any linked materials should not be construed as medical advice, |
| 0:41.6 | nor is the information a substitute for professional medical expertise or treatment. |
| 0:47.9 | Thank you so much for listening. |
| 0:50.1 | You think you know me, you don't know me well, at all, at all. |
| 1:01.0 | You can't know me. |
| 1:05.0 | You don't know anybody |
| 1:13.7 | Until you told someone |
| 1:21.5 | When he was first arrested, that feeling was just incredible. I wasn't happy that he was going to |
| 1:34.5 | get in trouble. I felt still at fault and I felt bad for whatever reason, even though he did all |
| 1:40.8 | these things. But I finally wasn't living in this crazy fear. |
| 1:46.2 | And it did still take me time to not look over my shoulder and to sleep well. |
| 1:50.8 | But that phone call when he got arrested, it was just the best. |
| 1:55.5 | When they first arrested him, it was really confusing, actually, |
| 1:59.0 | because I didn't really know what that process looked like. |
| 2:02.4 | I would go onto the dockets a lot online and try to follow it. The state hooked me up with this |
| 2:08.0 | prosecutor who was incredible. He would keep me in the loop and say, okay, we have a pretrial set for |
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