Four Seconds to Heal
Laura Andrade
With a new life in a new state and more money coming in than Miguel and I had ever imagined possible, you might have thought I’d arrived.
In a way, I had. Twelve years clean. Two thousand miles away from the old life I’d once lived. Money in the bank. Now when people met me, I looked like a respectable housewife, not an ex-felon.
But life, she has a way of throwing curve balls. Especially, since distance and time hadn’t given me any magical coping skills. On the contrary, without drugs, I’d turned to any other substances I could use as a bandage when I felt scraped up.
And I felt scraped up a lot.
My leg still hurt constantly. My husband had taken a job in a city out of town. And my daughter was struggling to find her footing in adulthood.
So I smoked like a steam engine and drank like a fish. I got angry at the smallest provocation, and raged at anything bigger. My life, once again, was beginning to pull apart at the seams.
If I was going to survive, I needed more than a quadruple shot of espresso and a pack of cigarettes.
I needed, somehow, to find my way home.
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Enjoy the beautiful conclusion of Laura's story in part 3, Four Seconds to Heal, Indiana.
Duration - 1h 41m.
Author - Laura Andrade.
Narrator - Belinda Lams.
Published Date - Friday, 26 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2019 Laura Andrade and Jean Knight Pace ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
With a new life in a new state and more money coming in than Miguel and I had ever imagined possible, you might have thought I’d arrived. In a way, I had. Twelve years clean. Two thousand miles away from the old life I’d once lived. Money in the bank. Now when people met me, I looked like a respectable housewife, not an ex-felon. But life, she has a way of throwing curve balls. Especially, since distance and time hadn’t given me any magical coping skills. On the contrary, without drugs, I’d turned to any other substances I could use as a bandage when I felt scraped up. And I felt scraped up a lot. My leg still hurt constantly. My husband had taken a job in a city out of town. And my daughter was struggling to find her footing in adulthood. So I smoked like a steam engine and drank like a fish. I got angry at the smallest provocation, and raged at anything bigger. My life, once again, was beginning to pull apart at the seams. If I was going to survive, I needed more than a quadruple shot of espresso and a pack of cigarettes. I needed, somehow, to find my way home. *** Enjoy the beautiful conclusion of Laura's story in part 3, Four Seconds to Heal, Indiana. Duration - 1h 41m. Author - Laura Andrade. Narrator - Belinda Lams. Published Date - Friday, 26 January 2024. Copyright - © 2019 Laura Andrade and Jean Knight Pace ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:17
Four Seconds Continues...
Duration:00:00:30
Chapter 18
Duration:00:15:50
Chapter 19
Duration:00:05:11
Chapter 20
Duration:00:31:33
Chapter 21
Duration:00:11:52
Chapter 22
Duration:00:12:35
Chapter 23
Duration:00:10:19
Chapter 24
Duration:00:04:33
Epilogue
Duration:00:02:51
Afterward
Duration:00:04:19
About the Authors
Duration:00:00:48
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:51