How I escaped
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This is told from a Christian perspective. Basically I am sharing my testimony. I have been raised in a wonderful household and have two amazing loving parents. I am the older brother to two wonderful siblings that mean so much to me. God tells us in the Bible that "In this life, you will have trouble." I've had trouble with people my age throughout middle school, it moved on throughout high school, and it escalated at one point in college. I felt doomed, I felt like my whole graduating class was going to be against me. But my roommate remained and still is my best friend. One day, I made a decision that has been one of the greatest decisions I have ever made. While I had always been a Christian, I decided to take things even further.
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