After hitting bottom, Maya entered a recovery house for an alcohol and drug addiction where she came face to face with her pain and with other women who had their own secrets. The counselors asked her to share her story with these women and to write it down in a journal until at last she came to the realization that to change her world she had to first change her thoughts. This may be her story, but it also belongs to all those who struggle daily to free themselves from abuse and addiction, in all their forms.