Keep your clothes on

A couple of years ago I was working with a client, who was a stripper. She was struggling with her addiction and decided to strip to support her addiction. I skyped with her for 6 months. She was using three times a day, and was in tough shape. When I discharged her, she had been clean for 45 days. Her goal was to enrol in community college, and begin her academic career. When she emailed me this weekend, she asked me to share her story with other girls, or women who may be in the same business. The story continues as she lead a life of meth, drinking, and unhealthy sex at times. After three months of skyping, we began to learn the layers of sexual abuse that she suffered as teenager. She was unable to seek counseling, and decided that she would drop out of high school and become a stripper. Her best friends sister was a stripper, and she had her own car, and appeared to make alot of money. This was to become her goal. This particular girl was very fit, and she could dance. She was a athlete in 9th grade, and was sexually abused in 10th and 11th grade. I remember how positive she felt when she disclosed her story, and all the pain she had built up over the last few years. It was at her fifth month of skyping that I found her to be changing the way she felt about her past. We began to uncover her talents and strengths as a person. I asked her if she could still dance, but keep her clothes on. I will never forget her expression, as she looked at me like I was from mars! On her sixth month of skyping with me, she passed her GED then got enrolled in the local community class. She was excited about school, and being meth free! I just heard from her this weekend. She will graduate from her associates degree in physical education. She is working as a dance instructor, and using the funds to pay for her school. She is meth free, going on three years. She just got accepted into her college, and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in physical education. This last weekend she taught her dance class with 15 girls, and all 15 enrolled in the next session! Stay in your health, stay in the moment.