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Secrets Make You Sick
“Shocking in its candour, yet liberating” Clinical Psychologist Jake Pieterse
Only 3 percent of crack cocaine addicts beat their addiction. Trevor Kleinhans was one of them. In his book, Secrets Make You Sick, Trevor takes readers on a remarkable journey to the darkest pits of denial as he uncovers the cause of his drug abuse and ultimately, illness.
It’s a gripping, graphic tale with a strong message of healing that follows Trevor’s journey from age 6 to today. A great read for both those trying to beat an addiction and their families.
This story will capture your imagination as it takes you through the life of a gay man living in South Africa in the early 1980s and enduring arrest; through a childhood of living with an alcoholic father and with a sexually abusive sibling; through two years of compulsory National Service in apartheid South Africa and the horrors witnessed along the way; and through abusive relationships with no clear way out, and a path that led to drugs and illness. Yet, even after all of this, Trevor was able to heal, recover, and live with HIV. Find out how he emptied his Emotional Tank, and why you need to do the same.
Only 3 percent of crack cocaine addicts beat their addiction. Trevor Kleinhans was one of them. In his book, Secrets Make You Sick, Trevor takes readers on a remarkable journey to the darkest pits of denial as he uncovers the cause of his drug abuse and ultimately, illness.
It’s a gripping, graphic tale with a strong message of healing that follows Trevor’s journey from age 6 to today. A great read for both those trying to beat an addiction and their families.
This story will capture your imagination as it takes you through the life of a gay man living in South Africa in the early 1980s and enduring arrest; through a childhood of living with an alcoholic father and with a sexually abusive sibling; through two years of compulsory National Service in apartheid South Africa and the horrors witnessed along the way; and through abusive relationships with no clear way out, and a path that led to drugs and illness. Yet, even after all of this, Trevor was able to heal, recover, and live with HIV. Find out how he emptied his Emotional Tank, and why you need to do the same.
252 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2011
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March 24, 2017
An interesting glimpse into the life of a South African gay man and how his early childhood sexual abuse influenced his life trajectory, leading to his involvement in multiple emotionally abusive relations, his spiraling into drug and sexual addiction, and his ultimate contraction of HIV. In the end, Trevor changes this life course toward a meaningful direction by bravely opening up to this friends, family, therapist, and most importantly, himself.
At times Trevor fails to critically reflect on significant moments and seems more interested in moving on his next life event making, which leaves many important questions unanswered for the reader.
All in all, Trevor's story instructs us that 'secrets truly do make us sick; and that the best medicine is to expose them to the light of day.
At times Trevor fails to critically reflect on significant moments and seems more interested in moving on his next life event making, which leaves many important questions unanswered for the reader.
All in all, Trevor's story instructs us that 'secrets truly do make us sick; and that the best medicine is to expose them to the light of day.
July 25, 2015
Excellent and eye opening
It isn't hard to see the path that young Trevor is headed down and it doesn't change that your heart breaks as he gets his diagnosis and falls deeper into his addiction. His candor and honesty about the roads he traveled are at times hard to read but make for a truly excellent memoir on life and the choices that we make that lead us to both the good and the bad.
It isn't hard to see the path that young Trevor is headed down and it doesn't change that your heart breaks as he gets his diagnosis and falls deeper into his addiction. His candor and honesty about the roads he traveled are at times hard to read but make for a truly excellent memoir on life and the choices that we make that lead us to both the good and the bad.
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