Alexander grew up in a home where he was abused continually by his mother’s brother, Uncle Wilson. Mary Alexander’s mom didn’t know what was going on because the majority of the time she was so spaced out from heroin that she couldn’t pay attention to her surroundings or her children. Heroin had taken over her capacity to see and hear anything but its voice.
Alexander’s cry for help was to emulate what had been done to him with his sister Demetria. Several nights a week Alexander would come into Demetria’s room and do what Uncle Wilson had done to him. This went on for years.
No one paid attention when Alexander started fighting in school and touching girls in inappropriate places. It was dismissed as he was a bad child who would amount to no good. At least that is what he was told. When the …show more content…
No one is born promiscuous. This destructive behavior is learned from someone. Children and adults often “tell” by acting out. For a young child asking if they can touch grandpa's penis is a clue that something has happened to the child that shouldn’t have. Children of incest or long-term sexual abuse grow up to be wounded adults with complicated emotional issues. Unfortunately, the symptoms are misinterpreted or often dismissed.
Are you promiscuous? Are you addicted to drugs and/or alcohol? You know if you are, but what you may not realize is why. You’ve even probably cried out to God asking Him why? Since you came into the world Satan has been on a mission to destroy you but God’s mercy has walked with you right up to this day. He has kept you.
Sometimes it may have seemed like God wasn’t with you but He was right there. The proof is that you are still here. That suicide attempt didn’t work, it couldn’t destroy you. The drugs and the alcohol couldn’t destroy you. That pain that you’ve walked with all these years couldn’t destroy you. God’s mercy said