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Melinda Ferguson: Six Weeks of Hell. A Lifetime of Healing from Addiction

They say the higher you fly, the further you fall. Melinda Ferguson can attest to that.

At age 23, she had the world at her feet. And then she had her first hit of heroin. And she fell. Hard. From award-winning filmmaker and actress to homeless on the streets of Hillbrow.

But this is not the story of Melinda’s fall. It’s the story of her comeback.

From a newly-recovering addict to an ever-evolving inspiration, Melinda has risen from rock bottom to extraordinary heights. Today, she’s an award-winning writer, author, journalist and prolific publisher. Having recently gone fully independent with…

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