Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
If you don't mind me asking...how did she change? I mean, how did she get to the point where she wasn't hitting anymore? And do you know what triggered the abusiveness?