Breaking Inside, how it saved me

First off, I've been a fan since 2005. Not a big fan, I knew some songs, I had my favorites, and I'd stop switching radio stations if they had a song on. Well, in 2007 I hit an all time low. I had a rough life growing up and I was on the verge of graduation high school. After an unplanned pregnancy, which ended in a miscarriage, I was super depressed. I made it through graduation, but by my 18th birthday I was ready to call it quits.
I was at a friends a few hours before I planned to commit suicide when she played the new album (Sound of Madness). I wasnt really paying attention to the songs, my mind was off in a dark place while she rattled on about going to her dream college. I wasnt going anywhere expect 8 miles up the road to a dead end job as a cashier at Kmart. My family life sucked, I didnt have my baby to look forward to, and my boyfriend had turned out to be an abusive jerk (He was the cause of the miscarriage.) I didnt have any money, so I couldnt even move out and live on my own, and my own father (abusive as well) was ragging on me about how much of a let down I was(among other things).
Then Breaking Inside came on, and I was pulled out enough to pay attention to the lyrics. I borrowed the CD and for three weeks straight, thats the only song I listened to. It helped me stop caring what my family thought, and it helped me move on to better things. Since then I've gotten into the habit of playing Shinedown everytime I'm in a funk. They help me pull out and see the brighter side of life.
The song recently saved me again in 2010 when I found out my mom had cancer. I hadnt listened to it in a while, I liked to save it for the really bad times. I played it for my mom, and she decided it was right, that she shouldnt be the last one in line. It pulled us both out of a really bad funk. In fact, she played it again when she found out her cancer was terminal a few months ago. Its become a song that represents our moving through the darkness and fighting to live, no matter what inner demons try to pull us down. Its actually my theme song, and its made me stronger. I listen to it all the time to keep reminding myself that no matter how broken I feel inside, I need to keep going.