Can an Unbreakable Spirit Triumph Over Brokenness?

Do you know anyone with a serious problem with addiction?
Do you know someone who struggles with guilt from past mistakes?
Marilea C. Rabasa was a lifelong substance user - food, pills, cigarettes, and alcohol were the solution to the stresses of everyday living. This almost always involved some form of overindulgence of an easily attainable substance and for a short time, she would feel better. As the consequences mounted Marilea fortunately found herself evolving into a woman capable of discipline. Add to that a determination to let go of old habits and make changes became a recipe for renewal.
Award-winning writer Marilea C. Rabasa delivers a candid, unflinchingly real memoir in Stepping Stones: A Memoir of Addiction, Loss, and Transformation. An extraordinary story that chronicles life, loss, heartbreak, hope, and healing, Stepping Stones is heart-wrenchingly honest, powerful, and bold.  At once a painful story of descent into addiction, Stepping Stones is also the story of how an unbreakable spirit triumphs over brokenness.
Marilea discusses this in her interview and shares her journey of seeking harmony and grace through fragmentation and years of emotional illness that let to various forms of addiction. At several points, It sent her spiraling into......madness.