Kiwi mu m tells ‘HOW I ES CAPED MY VIOLE NTEX’
Lisa Mead isn’t afraid to talk about the lowest point in her life. In 2009, the Christchurch accountant was living with her boyfriend, a man she later discovered was gang-affiliated, as well as using and selling drugs.
“One day, in a drink- and drug-fuelled rage, he threw me across the room,” says Lisa, 34. “He’d also punch me, and emotionally abused me with put-downs, coercion and threats. I lost sight of who I was and the
