Voices

I Was Having a Heart Attack

Lachele Young

I Was Having a Heart Attack

Maryland — Lachele's days were a non-stop blur of cocaine use until she suffered a heart attack at the age of 29, then turned her life around. Today she is a program leader at her job helping consumers with disabilities in Washington, DC. Her dream is to open up houses for recovering addicts.

 
A ‘Skinner

A Skinner

A ‘Skinner

Age 27, Saratoga Springs,UT — My pain pill addiction all began with an ex-boyfriend introducing me to them. The sad thing was that we were at my grandma's for a family function, and my son who was one years old at the time.