Born to an abusive mother and a drug-dealer father, Ginelle Testa is not exactly set up for successâand her early years are just as troubled as one might expect. By the end of her thirteenth year, sheâs started experimenting with alcohol and drugs, has fallen prey to anorexia, and has been sexually assaulted. And thatâs only the beginning of her spiral down into addiction and disordered eating. As Ginelle progresses into young adulthood, she hits several substance-related bottoms. In her senior year of college, after blacking out and ending up naked in her dormâs community shower, she goes to Alcoholics Anonymous to get sober. But steering clear of drugs and alcohol, she discovers, is not a cure-allâshe still has a long way to go before she can truly heal. Raw, relatable, and powerful, Testaâs is a riveting tale of climbing up from rock bottomâand learning to make a home in oneself instead of in substances and other people.