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The Ginger enjoying a couple of cold Castles while braaing my dinner - no driving involved!

I’m not going to get all sanctimonious in this post, I just need to state the facts. Who out there hasn’t or doesn’t know anyone who has ever been caught/been in an accident/crashed into something/hurt themselves while driving drunk? Hands up… anyone? Thought not.

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I was 10, my mother and father had been divorced for quite a while and my mom had just met a new man. He was amazing, or so everyone said. A rich, handsome and charismatic ex world champion sportsman who was the perfect catch. Except I never liked him, there was always something that just felt off.

We lived in this big fancy mansion on the hill and had everything we ever wanted. But it wasn’t long until the fights started, and those soon escalated into abuse. He believed that women ‘had their place’ and shouldn’t step out of it. My mom, bless her, made every excuse in the book – she had ‘fallen off her bike’, ‘tripped down the stairs’… you get the picture. Everyone knew what was going on but nobody thought it was their place to intervene.
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