Forever Me - Here I Stand: A Journey of Healing and Hope

She should have died.

Addiction took everything—her safety, her home, her sense of self. The streets, the violence, the chaos… it became normal. Survival meant doing whatever it took to get through the next hour.

Pregnant, sick, and slipping further out of reach, she hit a point where there was nowhere left to fall.

This is the truth of what happened in that space.

Unfiltered. Uncomfortable. Real.

But this isn’t where her story ends.

Because something called her back.

Back across the ocean. Back to Aotearoa. Back to whenua, to wairua… to home.

And in that return— she found a way to stand again.

Forever Me: Here I Stand This is what survival really looks like.

Trigger Warning:

This book contains graphic depictions of drug use, addiction, violence, sexual assault, mental health struggles, and medical trauma. Some content may be distressing for readers.