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8 Tips to Get Ready to
Leave an Abuser
1. Start saving money for your exit day and
put it in a safe place where your abuser can't find it. American
Express or other bank checks are the safest since no one but you can
use them.
2. Open a bank account in your name only.
Also get a safety deposit box so that you have somewhere to store
copies of important papers. Make sure you hide the key to your safety
deposit box.
3. Open a credit card and/or debit card in
your name only.
4. Open a post office box in your name that
he/she doesn't know about. He might be intercepting your mail.
5. Make copies of all important papers.
Store in a safe place.
6. Plan where you will go when you make
your exit. Friends or family may not be the best choice as that is
the first place he/she will look.
7. Pack a bag with important items
that you would want to take if you had to leave in a hurry and put
it in a safe place. Put some thought into this. If you have
children, bring their favorite toy.
8. Make
friends with a co-worker, if possible, someone that your husband or
wife doesn’t know so that you have someplace to store your bag and
also someplace to go that he/she doesn’t know anything about.
In the USA in an emergency call 911.
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