" If you realize you are in an abusive relationship, you may want to call this phone number—it’s toll-free so it won’t cost you anything and it won’t show up on your phone bill. If possible, take the number with you and call from somewhere else: National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Seventy-nine-nine, seventy-two, thirty-three. If you have children and your spouse is abusing them physically, mentally, or sexually, leave now. It never takes courage to leave. It takes love. "

― Augusten Burroughs , This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.