Living in the Rear View Mirror

Living in the Rear View Mirror
Kim Vazquez
Mill City Press, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1934937846
Non-Fiction, Memoir
Reviewed by Connie Harris

Living in the Rear View Mirror: From Substance Abuse to a Life of Substance is the enlightening and memorable memoir of Kim Vazquez and her life of addiction and her recovery. Through recovery, Kim finds spirituality and her life becomes better than she had ever imagined it could be.

Living in the Rear View Mirror is a well-written, compelling and powerful memoir. As a young child Kim witnessed excessive alcohol abuse, fighting and violence in her home. Her parents finally separated when she was eight years old. All of this left her feeling a lack of safety and comfort. Tormented by suffering produced in her own mind this story illustrates how the thoughts we choose create our reality.

This is a triumphant story of how God never gives up on his lost children and is ready to step in and offer healing when asked. A new life is available to all who seek it. Written from the perspective of her old, damaged thinking Kim Vazquez takes the reader along her journey of broken relationships and an addiction to pain medication into her recovery and self discovery. She now lives with a peaceful mind and peace in her heart. Living in the Rear View Mirror is an enlightening memoir that will cause its readers to look deep within themselves.