1. I'm tired of seeing my mom, sister and friends cry. The frustration and depression needs to come to an end. The raging, wreck less driving, threats, and violence acts needs to stop! Abuse in relationships can occur to both partners. Being afraid is not acceptable anymore! It is time to stop abuse in relationships and take control.
             2. Statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice show that women from the ages 16 to 24 experience the highest rates of intimate violence. One in three teenagers and college students will experience some form of abuse in a relationship. More than four in every ten incidents of domestic violence involves non-married couples. Abuse can happen to anyone anytime. No matter how good of a relationship you are in, you must take precautions and understand what can occur in a abusive relationship so that you can have a healthy one.
             3. Abusive relationships are characterized by a number of things, I will just list a few.
             These are just a few things a abusive relationship may contain. Remember abuse does not have to be physical. A lot of people misunderstand what the word abuse means. Most people relate abuse to only physical acts, well that's incorrect. Emotional and verbal abuse is just as damaging as physical abuse, though it is often harder to recognize and harder to recover from, and they both end in scars.
             4. Abusive relationships are progressive overtime, the relationship only gets worse. Eventually emotional and verbal abuse frequently shifts to threats or physical abuse.
             5. Abusers are generally needy and controlling; the abuse escalates when they feel
             they may lose their partner, or when the relationship ends.
             6. To make sure you can get the help you need, you must recognize the warning signs of abuse. Here are a few examples: I
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