What do you want young women to take from your story?

You shouldn’t forgive all the time. You can give people a chance, but afterwards, if you see that there is no change, that there is nothing the alcoholic can do with themselves, then you just need to leave. Don’t be patient because I can see my relatives suffering a lot with this, but they’re not leaving, probably because they’re afraid. But you shouldn’t be afraid.

Did you have any difficulties?

I saw the word violence in that handbook and I immediately remembered this incident in my life. I understood how it was pressuring me mentally and I saw the pictures of that. The memory came out so brightly, but I felt that it was quite easy to speak about them, to describe them and to draw them.

What did you enjoy?

I like the atmosphere the most. We created some kind of community here and then I could speak about everything that really matters to me. I’ve never had this kind of experience before because when I was expressing my point of view before, I was controlling and limiting myself because I was afraid that some information would get back to my parents. But here I feel free and it was very easy to tell my story.