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Judy Mwangi: Drug addiction survivor helping others

  • PublishedJune 10, 2013

Judy Wambui Mwangi is a drug addiction survivor. Her addiction not only took her life through a bottomless pit, but also ruined her relationship with her family. She lived the lowest life possible until by God’s grace she was able to remove the shackles and start her life afresh. Now, together with her husband who is also a drug addiction survivor, she runs a rehab centre for drug addicts. She shared her experience with MWAURA MUIGANA.

“My parents were preoccupied with their difficult marriage when I was growing up. They didn’t seem to have time for me and never affirmed or openly expressed their love for me. Consequently, I felt unappreciated and grew up as an insecure girl, looking for parental love and acceptance. I didn’t know how to express myself and bottled up everything, a habit that persisted throughout high school at Matungulu Girls in Machakos, but changed little when I enrolled at a college in Nairobi after high school.

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