I am born into a family community full of violence and intoxication and disappoint my father by not being a son
Buftea
,
Romania
Buftea
,
Romania
At 2 months old, my parents divorce; my father favours my sister and I look for affection from my unloving mother
Buftea
,
Romania
Periș
,
Romania
At age 3, I live in Romania with the parents of my alcoholic mother and my father tries to get me to live with him
Periș
,
Romania
Vinzenzgasse
,
Graz
,
Austria
At age 10, I experience my father’s violence against my mother as violence towards me
Vinzenzgasse
,
Graz
,
Austria
Graz
,
Austria
At age 12, my grandmother persuades my mother to let my father take me to Austria
Graz
,
Austria
Buftea
,
Romania
At age 14, my father keeps the death of my beloved grandparents from me; I steal my passport and run away to Romania
Buftea
,
Romania
Vinzenzgasse
,
Graz
,
Austria
At age 15, my stepmother and I are afraid of my drunken father
Vinzenzgasse
,
Graz
,
Austria
Augasse
,
Graz
,
Austria
At age 16, I feel unfree, I don’t have any friends and suffer from the daily humiliation, abuse, and terror of my father
Augasse
,
Graz
,
Austria
Augasse
,
Graz
,
Austria
At age 18, I take my A-levels in Graz and begin to study
Augasse
,
Graz
,
Austria
Gleisdorf
,
Austria
At age 20, I get pregnant from a kind man, am happy about the birth of our daughter and about the possibility to enter a new phase of my life with a family of my own
Gleisdorf
,
Austria
Mostar
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
At age 21, I follow the wish of my husband to move to his home country Yugoslavia
Mostar
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
At age 23, we love our daughter and treat each other with trust and respect
Mostar
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
At age 29, I cannot resist the hold that the son of a famous singer has over me
Mostar
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gumpendorfer Gürtel, Mariahilf
,
Vienna
,
Austria
At age 30, I am unfree, I am physically, verbally, and sexually abused and take drugs
Gumpendorfer Gürtel, Mariahilf
,
Vienna
,
Austria
Karlsplatz
,
Vienna
,
Austria
At age 31, I am addicted to drugs and use cocaine, speed, and ecstasy
Karlsplatz
,
Vienna
,
Austria
Fleischmarkt, Innere Stadt
,
Vienna
,
Austria
At age 32, I undergo abrupt detoxification, flee back to Austria, and find work in a bar
Fleischmarkt, Innere Stadt
,
Vienna
,
Austria
Augasse
,
Graz
,
Austria
At age 32, my employer pushes me off a balcony during an argument
Augasse
,
Graz
,
Austria
Gratkorn
,
Austria
At age 32, my sister takes me in and I work for her as a bartender and prostitute
Gratkorn
,
Austria
Deutschordenstraße, Penzing
,
Vienna
,
Austria
At the age of 33, I elude my persecutor, get substitution therapy in Vienna, and take huge amounts of speed, cocaine, morphine, and alcohol
Deutschordenstraße, Penzing
,
Vienna
,
Austria
Deutschordenstraße, Penzing
,
Vienna
,
Austria
At age 33, I seek out my father for help
Deutschordenstraße, Penzing
,
Vienna
,
Austria
Josef-Wichner-Straße
,
Krems an der Donau
,
Austria
At age 34, I am sentenced to prison for dealing drugs; I get parole and go into therapy and back to prison for non-compliance with my parole conditions
Josef-Wichner-Straße
,
Krems an der Donau
,
Austria
Conrad-von-Hötzendorf-Straße
,
Graz
,
Austria
At age 34, I get pregnant while in outpatient therapy; my daughter is placed with foster parents, who also include and support me
Conrad-von-Hötzendorf-Straße
,
Graz
,
Austria
Wechselbundesstraße
,
Schwarzau am Steinfeld
,
Austria
At age 38, I am sentenced to prison as a repeat offender
Wechselbundesstraße
,
Schwarzau am Steinfeld
,
Austria
Mauerbachstraße, Penzing
,
Vienna
,
Austria
At age 38, my third application for therapy is approved