After dealing with years of abuse, neglect, and struggles with food, Dr. Bonita J. Gay-Senior decided to turn her life around. This is the story of how she did it. She refused to fall through the cracks and began turning her life around through spiritual growth. After attaining career success with her degree in teaching at the age of twenty-two, Bonita worked to shape her personal life around her values and support systems rather than letting her upbringing drag her down. She overcame her past, her habits, and her risk-seeking behaviors to become the woman she is today: happy, healthy, and loved. "