Shattered Love-Broken Lives The phone rings, you glance at the clock. It is 1:30 a.m., Friday night, the bars have just closed. You answer the phone. “RACS, Susan speaking.” “He’s going to do it again - any minute now - he’s madder than hell - Oh no! Here he comes now - help me please!” For some, hopefully, this call is alien to them. For others it is not. Domestic violence becomes an …showed first 75 words of 707 total…

…showed last 75 words of 707 total…doing is discipline - teaching her a lesson. Women who have heard this from their parents while growing up, are even more likely to believe the batter. All of these emotions and the treatment they have received crush the stength a woman may have mustered to get out of an abusive situation. Her strength alone can only take her so far. After that she will need help form others. Battered womaen do leave theri abusers.