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Secrets make you sick by Trevor Kleinhans
Secrets make you sick by Trevor Kleinhans
His passion for telling people about his experiences and overcoming obstacles is an attempt at encouraging others, which will make him happy even if it is just one person that he can help.
"I have worked in the retail and distribution industry my entire life." Trevor Kleinhans tells us, "Starting off as an admin manager for large retail company in the 1980s, I have developed my management skills over the years. Since 2002 I have been managing director and shareholder of a subsidiary of a very large blue-chip logistics company in South Africa with 400 employees and an annual turnover of R250 million." Trevor continues.
"My life has been a journey; I have visited the devil's den and landed in the enchanted magical garden. This is a story that will capture your imagination, as I take you through the life of a gay man living in South Africa in the early 1980s and enduring arrest. I had a childhood of living with an alcoholic father and with a sibling that sexually molested me over a six-year period. I was forced to complete two years of National Service in apartheid South Africa and witnessed horrific events in the townships whilst doing compulsory military camps along the way."
"I entered into a nine-year emotionally abusive gay relationship, which made me focus instead on a successful career path. At 39 years old I was a successful businessman who never drank alcohol, or smoked cigarettes and was totally against drugs."
"When I reached my forties, all this changed. I was faced with huge challenges in my career, ended my nine-year abusive relationship, found drugs, and became HIV positive."
"By the age of 43, I was a crack cocaine addict and came face to face with the devil; I was on the verge of losing everything, including my life. With a 3% chance of success, I entered rehabilitation clinging to the belief that I would be one of those 3 out every 100 crack cocaine addicts who triumph over their addiction."
"Thanks to the amazing people I had surrounded myself with, including friends and family, I managed to enter rehabilitation, and found a counselling therapist that I visited weekly over a five-year period."
"This biography explains the psychological journey I went through, as my counsellor helped me empty my emotional tank and rid myself of emotions that I had not been equipped to deal with as a child."
"I hope to help people that are experiencing or have experienced life in a similar way. I also believe this book will help the families and friends of people experimenting with drugs, or dealing with HIV."
"After everything I have been through there is not one thing I would change, as long as I know I would end up where I am at present."
"It has taken me five years to complete this book. I believe there is so much here that can help so many people at so many levels. I am passionate about telling people about my experiences and am happy if I can help just one person." Concluded Trevor.