Rica: Yeah, I did wonder about that, but I wondered about myself too. No, not scared, not terrified, just struggling to decide whether I was crazy or not.
Marty: Id gotten fired from the casino, my relationship ended, and I got the DUIall within weeks of each other in the same month.
Krista: He came to me, told me that if I didnt get my life put together, hed personally remove my son and daughter from me.
Mike: It fascinates methe holes that are missing in an otherwise great resource of knowledge. Somehow Im driven to fill in those holes.
Carsten: I was trying my hardest to look sober, and a guy, across the street with a group of people, was pointing, laughing, and making fun of me. So I walked across the street, calling him on.
Dawn: I was on the phone with her for two-and-a-half-hours, trying to do the suicide intervention. I kept hearing a gun clicking in the background, and it was really, really intense.
Deborah: Hed hit me. Id fall down, and hed kick me until I got up. Thats one thing, I cant stay down! Ill get up until Im unconscious.
Marie: It did. It did because my parents mainly used crank, and I was the goody-two-shoes of the family. So when I started smoking pot, I fit in more with my family. That was something we could do togethersit around and get stoned.
Mira After our divorce and my business started failing, it was basically one thing after another. My father was dying of cancer. I was very sickmy divorceanother failed marriage. I was going downhill. I got involved with a man who was a drug dealer, a jerk, who hurt me a lot.
Patricia: I had a gun under the seat, but I didnt even think about it at this time. He tried to open the door and drag me out of the car. I got the car door closed, but he wouldnt open the gate. So I backed the car, put it in drive, and aimed at him. He ran across the lawn.
LouAnne: I remember taking speed on Monday mornings in order to do the day. I remember gym class as being really fun.
Paul: I almost got killed one night. I was dancing in this club. I saw a guy come though the door, and I saw buckshot spray. Then I saw the man dancing near me go down. I saw it. I didnt see the other guy actually pull the gun out. But I remember his having a gun, and a boom boom.
Jolene: I remember being alone at the house one time. I answered the door. It was the landlord, and I said that no one else was there, and that I didnt know what was going on. I heard him say to someone. Well, wheres the little old lady who answered the door? He was talking about me, and I was still only in my twenties.
Joanie: Thats what it did, and I thought, Oh my God is this it? Am I going to die?
Angie: He waswhats that disorder? It wasnt antisocial, but borderline, yeah, borderline. I was with him for two years, and it was crazy.
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