For
three years Debbie fought insomnia with the prescribed sleeping pill,
Ambien. On Christmas Day, 1999, her Dad died of a sudden heart attack.
The next year she started abusing the pill to avoid grief. She lost her
job and most of her friends. She put her family through hell.
On
September 4th, 2000, Debbie took 8 pills, went for a drive with her
dog, fell asleep at the wheel and drove into a tree at 45mph. She
totaled the car. No air bags. Broke her face up badly and had a plate
drilled into her orbital socket to hold up her eye. She could easily
have died. But she didn't... and September 4th, 2000 is her sobriety
date.
You can hear her story in the video below.
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