I was sexually molested between the ages of five and 17 years old. Those were the darkest years of my life. My stepfather was an alcoholic and a violent man. I remember whenever he came back from a kava or alcohol drinking session, he would come into my sister and I’s room, where he would touch me inappropriately. Sometimes in the middle of the night when mum was asleep. Sometimes he came home drunk, created a scene and demanded food. He would kick, punch, beat my mum up for no reason.