How many times can you be knocked down and get back up again? Could you imagine trying to commit suicide on Christmas Eve with your infant daughter tucked up in bed waiting for santa? What if everytime you tried to get out of the rut, someone else was there to slap you down? Victoria Prendergast went through all this and after finding her feet in the British Army, months of drug abuse and bouts of severe depression, she managed to wade through the hurt and pain to fight another day.
THE ARMY, DEPRESSION, DRUGS AND ME looks at the real life experiences of a downtrodden daughter growing up on the streets of Inverness becoming an excited mother in the northern City of Wakefield and finally to the coming of age in the British Army. The hope that one day her mother will get rid of her own battle with alcoholism so life at home would become more stable. Her late teens were spent dodging drug dealers and lending money to pay for that one hit on Friday night. The Monday morning blues that led to spiralling debt and depression that would nearly lead to suicide and finally the joy of being accepted by the Army but then having to give it all up after finding love.
Victoria Prendergast has decided to share her life thoughts in this short book to highlight the crossroads that a vulnerable young woman can come up against painting a picture of how perseverance can ensure that the tide will most definitely turn in your favour with time.
THE ARMY, DEPRESSION, DRUGS AND ME looks at the real life experiences of a downtrodden daughter growing up on the streets of Inverness becoming an excited mother in the northern City of Wakefield and finally to the coming of age in the British Army. The hope that one day her mother will get rid of her own battle with alcoholism so life at home would become more stable. Her late teens were spent dodging drug dealers and lending money to pay for that one hit on Friday night. The Monday morning blues that led to spiralling debt and depression that would nearly lead to suicide and finally the joy of being accepted by the Army but then having to give it all up after finding love.
Victoria Prendergast has decided to share her life thoughts in this short book to highlight the crossroads that a vulnerable young woman can come up against painting a picture of how perseverance can ensure that the tide will most definitely turn in your favour with time.
