About Christine “DD” Nicholson

My life is a testimony of both brokenness and redemption.

• As a child, I endured trauma—including a near-death experience, abuse, assault, and exploitation between ages 6–16. Those wounds became the roots of many struggles that followed.

   

• In my teens and young adulthood, I battled severely low self-worth, poor body image, eating disorders, self-harm, drug addiction, and chronic alcoholism—desperate to numb feelings I was too afraid to face.

   

• Throughout my 20s, with no belief in a Higher Power, dysfunction became my norm. Addiction and shame over poor choices cost me friendships, jobs, a marriage, and even stability.

   

• By age 28 I was trapped between my past and a future I didn’t want to face — I often found myself wondering if life was even worth living anymore.*

But God.

Ten rehab stays, two overdoses, one night in jail, two college degrees, multiple careers (from acting and print-modeling to TV news reporting), a second chance at marriage, two children, and countless valleys later—I finally found my turning point in faith, recovery, and resilience.

Through God’s grace, the love of a patient husband, therapy, medication, and the support of recovery groups, I began shedding the false identities I carried. Slowly, I uncovered my True Self—the woman God always intended me to be.

That rediscovery transformed every part of my life: my marriage, my parenting, my creativity, and my purpose. With God at the helm, my self-worth grew, and so did my desire to stay teachable, to keep learning, and to share the joy of rediscovery with others.

Yes, I am a walking miracle. But so are you.