Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors
Convinced by her experience and the limited research she found, Ellie decided to try apitherapy, the therapeutic use of materials derived from bees
Practical actions include mandating disclosure of all interactions with the tobacco industry, rejecting industry involvement in drafting tobacco control policies, banning financial contributions to political parties, and ensuring government institutions and individuals declare COI
At night she scrolled through social media, hoping to connect with people from happier chapters in her life