A Purpose for the Pain: Finding freedom from self-harm, anxiety, depression, anorexia, and suicide

Shannon listened as the counselor talked to her mother. He explained that kids involved with cults have a very low recovery rate. Add anorexia, depression, cutting, and substance abuse-and Shannon was quickly labeled a lost cause. Be prepared, the counselor told Shannon’s mother. You may lose your daughter… There are no lost causes! A Purpose for the Pain is Shannon’s story, told in her own words. Maybe it is your story too, or the story of a child or loved one… The details of Shannon’s spiral into the depths of darkness are not for the faint-of heart-yet her story is full of hope and the power of God to break even the strongest chains that surround a young person’s heart.