I Can't Believe I'm Not Dead

<p class=ql-align-center><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Have you ever wanted to give up? I have. </em></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>You can overcome insurmountable odds and create a life you love. I did. </em></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Just don't quit. </em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As if surviving years of childhood abuse and narrowly escaping a cult and my mother's insanity wasn't enough I ended up married to a physically and emotionally abusive woman with a hidden drug habit. I tried to make it work. I really did. Despite my success in climbing the corporate ladder my questionable instincts caused me to stay in a toxic business environment longer than I should have. Because of my warped sense of what was acceptable and even desirable I ignored countless red flags. Many times I wondered How much more can one person take?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>After almost dying I finally realized that the changes I needed to make were so vast and far-reaching that they could only be achieved by exploding the life I had and deliberately creating a new one. For me it began when I realized that I worked for an organized crime family - who I suspect was trying to kill me for knowing too much. Does this sound impossible? Well dear reader I dare you to open the pages of this book and be the judge. This is my story - the one that I wish wasn't true but is. Join me on this intense adventure and here's a spoiler alert - I'm not dead.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>