Healing.

Byline: Jimmy T0mlin

Mar. 2--HI GH POINT -- For those who know the pain of sexual abuse, Bethany Johnson offers comfort and compassion. For those who know its shame, Johnson offers understanding. For those who know its hopelessness, she offers hope. And for those who know its paralyzing grip on their lives -- on their bleak future -- Johnson offers herself as an inspiration, as proof that the dark journey toward healing need not be an endless one. "I know what it's like to be afraid and think you're the only one," the 34-year-old High Point woman says.