A memoir of my life and the feelings of pain and hurt that went with it that stemmed from childhood neglect, physical abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, and child abuse that took place while I was growing up.  It was, and still is, a long and rough struggle, but somehow I have made it through and am in the current process of overcoming.  So can you!  Let’s journey through my stories and start the healing process together.

Currently printed and available through this website, Amazon.com, Kindle.com, Ebay.com and many other outlets, the author’s first book “Healing from Hurt- A Memoir of Healing from Child Abuse” is ready to enjoy. For more information about the book, please sign up for the foreword sample to the right and we will gladly send the forward to the book over immediately.

Raised by parents that met in a ward of a psychiatric hospital, Scotty O’Brien recounts the story of his dysfunctional childhood, detailing the years of physical, emotional and verbal abuse at the hands of his mentally ill mother and a father that served as an enabler of the abuse at home.  A troubled and bipolar child himself, Scotty found little safety in the arms of his violent, mentally ill mother and eventually attempted to end his own life several times as a teenager.  Through these written stories, the reader can identify him/her/themselves with the author and see that he/she/they are not the only one.  You are not the only one.  You are not alone.

A series of broken relationships later, Scotty realized that his parent’s pattern of abuse had extended far beyond his childhood.  With the help of his family, friends and a dedicated psychologist, Scotty realized that he would have to work on stopping the cycle in order to succeed.  There is light at the end of the tunnel. There is hope!

Scotty takes the reader along as he recounts his journey toward healing with tenacity, insight, determination to succeed, and humor in his stories.  Please take your journey with him and heal together.