Living in the Rear View Mirror: From Substance Abuse to a Life of Substance
Last Updated on Sunday, 23 May 2010 08:25 Written by admin Sunday, 23 May 2010 08:25
Product Description
What is the consequence of allowing the pain of your past to create your life today?
Kim’s compelling story is a case study in how our thoughts affect our reality. It shows how miracles happen when we embrace our own worth and become who we are meant to be.
Even though she has tried to outrun the pain all her life, in 2006, Kim, a successful businesswoman, comes face to face with her haunted past. Almost twelve years have passed since her intense emotional pain had turned into crushing migraine headaches. She now finds herself not only addicted to painkillers and alcohol, but also dealing with a mind that refuses to leave her alone. She begins to pray … to die.
Instead of dying, Kim experiences the miracle that brings her to sobriety. She finds herself very much alive and leading the life of her dreams. It is now that she receives the answer to her lifelong question, Why did all of this happen to a nice girl like me?
Kim’s story is powerful and written with courageous honesty. It takes the reader into the mind of a woman struggling to leave her past behind and find her self-worth. It’s through recovery that Kim finds spirituality and begins to walk the path into a life better than she’d ever imagined she could live.
This book is an inspirational must-read for anyone seeking to enrich the quality of his or her life.
Living in the Rear View Mirror: From Substance Abuse to a Life of Substance
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“Living in the Rear View Mirror” is a disturbing tale of one woman’s struggle with drugs, relationships and life itself. Kim Vasquez writes of her life from childhood to now. She openly discusses her feelings in regards to her absentee father, her failed marriages and the ease in which she started popping pills and partying to cope. All her life she struggled with so much stress that it caused headaches. She had problems and she dealt with them badly. She also interjected her visions of a guardian angel throughout her life. I didn’t understand the meaning of this, but am glad that she has been able to turn her life around. The book was alright.
Rating: 3 / 5
I could completely relate to the author with her story and learned to bring the best to my life by reading her book. She is truly an amazing person!
Rating: 5 / 5
“I hadn’t lost jobs or had DUI’s. I didn’t sleep with strange men…I didn’t start fights…I’ve always told myself I was still in control while I was drunk…This is how I lied to myself.” In Living in the Rear View Mirror Kim Vazquez takes us on a journey through a sad and broken childhood, the depths of her growing alcoholism and addiction, and through her amazing spiritual awakening that had lingered on the sidelines her entire life.
Kim was born in California to an alcoholic/abusive father and a “victim” mother whose unhealthy marriage and life choices dragged her to another country, exposed her to dangerous influences, left her vulnerable to molestation, and planted the seeds of emotional delinquency that would rule her life for over 30 years. Kim also began seeing angels at an early age…angels that protected her from the worst life had to offer and were supportive when Kim began her recovery from “substance abuse to a life of substance.”
Kim Vazquez writes an autobiography of rigorous honesty guided by her higher power. Her spiritual gifts have saved her from certain death and have provided her with the means to help others through spiritual counselling, Angel Readings, and seminars/workshops. Living in the Rear View Mirror is an inspiring story for those struggling with their own addictions, those who love an addict, and those who are empathetic to the human condition.
Rating: 4 / 5
The demons are always after you, but you don’t have to give in. “Living in the Rear View Mirror: From Substance Abuse to a Life of Substance” are the reflections of author Kim Vazquez about how she gave into to alcohol and painkillers when her life became too difficult without them. Having found a spiritual rebirth, she shares her tale hoping to help others aspire to rise above their addictions. “Living in the Rear View Mirror” is a read well worth considering for those with their own battles with demons.
Rating: 5 / 5
There are many of us that have not-so-fond childhood memories that are embedded deep within our minds and the experience of those memories continue to affect our day-to-day lives, if we allow it.
This must-read book is about an enlightened woman who has been given guidance from the spirit world to write her story in hopes to help others see that it is possible to overcome adversity and be free of emotional bonds that keep them from fulfilling a life filled with love, peace and happiness.
She courageously opens her heart and soul and shares her life story in a way that makes you feel you’re right there with her experiencing every physical and emotional pain she endured that lead her to drugs and alcohol until she ultimately found inner peace.
I would recommend this book to anyone but it would be especially helpful for those who have struggled with emotional and self-worth issues and/or alcohol and drugs and is ready to start the recovery process.
Rating: 5 / 5