Survivor. Author. Victim’s Rights Expert. Consultant. Jennifer Storm has over 22 years of experience in non profit management and governmental relations, combined with a powerful personal story of survival from addiction suicide and over 27 years of active recovery.
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Introducing the Awakening Curriculum
Awakening Curriculum is based on the memoir and self-help book Awakening Blackout Girl. The course is designed to support healing from substance use and sexual trauma. It is open to survivors of any past sexual trauma or boundary violation, as defined by the survivor. This includes people who used substances to cope with the effects of trauma.
Blackout Girl Series
Brutally honest and compelling memoirs and self-help books, Jennifer Storm revisits the trauma of her childhood rape and ensuing addiction and how she channeled her pain into a healing life of advocacy. Her books give much-needed hope and inspiration.
How to Get Help
No matter where life has taken you or how dark it has gotten, you are worth fighting for! Here are some excellent tools to guide your recovery from addiction or support a loved one who is struggling.
Have Jen Speak at Your Event
As a survivor and expert, Jen helps shape how agencies, schools, and communities serve those impacted by trauma. Together we can build pathways to real healing for survivors.
Books
- Awakening Blackout Girl Journal Paperback
- Awakening Blackout Girl: A Survivor’s Guide for Healing from Addiction and Sexual Trauma
- Blackout Girl: Tracing My Scars from Addiction and Sexual Assault; Second Edition
Awakening Blackout Girl Journal Paperback
Survivors of sexual abuse will love this beautifully designed journal to express feelings, thoughts, and memories as they continue their recovery journey. A perfect companion to Jennifer Storm’s Blackout Girl and Awakening Blackout Girl, this beautifully designed softcover journal with lay-flat, lined pages offers ample space for recording daily reflections, thoughts, and feelings to help continue your recovery journey…
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Awakening Blackout Girl: A Survivor’s Guide for Healing from Addiction and Sexual Trauma
In this honest and practical guide, rape survivor and victim advocate Jennifer Storm shares the information, tools, and resources she has gained from more than twenty years of personal and professional experience to help fellow survivors recover from co-occurring sexual trauma and substance use. In recent years, the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements have exposed the truth that many already knew: sexual violence…
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Blackout Girl: Tracing My Scars from Addiction and Sexual Assault; Second Edition
In this brutally honest and compelling memoir, Jennifer Storm revisits the trauma of her childhood rape and ensuing addiction and how she channeled her pain into a healing life of advocacy. Sexual assault, addiction, and other traumatic experiences can leave both physical and emotional scars. For Jennifer Storm, these scars serve as a reminder–both of the darkness and suffering she once experienced…
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How to Support Loved Ones during Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Plus, a list of resources that can be helpful for everyone April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month: an event intended to create space for survivors’ voices, shed light on the insidious nature of sexual violence and amplify calls to action. But this month-long focus on sexual assault can be painful for survivors. “We have all these events and opportunities to dialogue and create awareness…
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What My Assault Taught Me About How I Will Speak to My Children About Consent
I was assaulted when I was 12 and no one in my family knew how to help. Here are five ways parents can talk to their kids about their bodies and consent…
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Marie Claire publishes exclusive excerpt from Awakening Blackout Girl
In honor of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Marie Claire shares an excerpt from Jennifer’s upcoming book, Awakening Blackout Girl…
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