In Love & In Danger!

   Overcoming abuse doesn’t just happen, it takes positive steps every day. Let today be the day you start to move forward.

 In 2011 Amy Beth Ballons was in a toxic and abusive marriage with her husband Mike. Mike was a psychotic man who needed justification regarding his manipulating mindset. After causing several arguments, he decided to stab himself to frame Amy so he could make her look bad. Police immediately held Amy accountable in Florida prison which led Amy to hire lawyers to undo the damage. 

At any given moment you have the power to say this is not how the story is going to end. Don’t allow abuse from someone just because you love them. 

Amy Beth Ballon met her husband in the same restaurant where the two were dining at. He was a former police officer working in human resources. Ballon, a successful real estate developer, was 46 at the time and divorced. Ballon was open to the idea of meeting and potentially marrying someone new. So, when this charming man asked her out, she accepted. After the couple forced a marriage, Mike’s likable personality changed immediately, his verbal abuse reached beyond Ballon, and Mike’s increasing distrust of Ballon was beginning to scare her. 

If they do it once, it isn’t a mistake, it is just their behavior. If one is facing abuse close to home, their best choice is to invest their time in therapy sessions & seek the help needed over time. If domestic violence expands it can develop trauma & many other health issues

“The threats were crazy at that point,” she says. Mike even told one of Ballon’s daughters that her mom was suicidal, although Ballon wasn’t. She wondered, was it an ominous threat of what could happen to her? “  Supposedly an argument occurred one night where Mike pinned Amy down, ramming his knee hard into the side of her body. Amy was able to escape and dial 911 however Mike was predictably right behind her, except now he was yelling for someone to call an ambulance. “On the 911 call, you can hear me say, ‘Oh my god, he stabbed himself.” With his arm bleeding, Mike met the first responder as soon as the ambulance arrived, giving them two pieces of information: 1.) that he was a former cop and 2.) that Ballon had stabbed him. Amy was arrested that night with a 15-year charge. Amy tried to undo the damage by hiring a lawyer and she was successful and was able to decrease her charge. As time passed, Amy was ready for a fresh start. 

“Ballon has tried to move on since all of this, using her traumatic experiences to help others. She’s become an outspoken advocate and public speaker,”

 Revenge is surviving, getting out and being a better person than you were, and breaking the cycle. “I had the money to protect myself. It was $50,000 just to hire a lawyer.” 

“Sixteen months in, I had probably spent $175,000 so far.” 

“I retained a lawyer and was really excited.” She also decided to take a new job. A new start. But then, things fell apart again. 

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