No Matter What

No Matter What is a mother's memoir about recovery from anxiety and self-harm.

How far would you go to save your child?

Being a parent is an exciting and frightening experience. Like most mothers, Monika understood there would be ups and downs, but she expected the downs to be manageable. Her child's life would be full of love, nurturing and unlimited possibilities.

What she never expected was the viciousness of others or the damage it would do to her little girl's self-esteem.

Receiving the phone call and hearing the news of her child's secret urges to harm herself, was a shock.

From that moment, everything changed. In the blink of an eye life was spiralling out of control and her once happy girl was replaced by a stranger whose eyes were black with hatred.

Fighting to hold on, she helplessly watched as her daughter descended into a life of drugs, alcohol, and promiscuity.

Traditional sources of support seemed to turn a blind eye, so Monika took matters into my own hands. How far would she go to save my child? As far as she needed to go!