Drug Rehab Saved Her Family
Randy and Brooke met in college their sophomore year. She was working her way through college as a part time dental assistant to get her (DDS) Doctor of Dental Surgery and Randy was working on his bachelor’s degree in Engineering. They were so happy and full of life and it seemed that there was nothing that could stop them from climbing the latter to success.
In the spring of 2004 their world came crashing down. Randy was in a fatal car accident on his way home one night from working late on a project. It was raining and he lost control of his truck sliding into the car in front of him which caused five other vehicles to collide on the dark interstate. Brooke received the call around 1:05 a.m. that there had been an accident and that she should go right way to the hospital.
The next few days were torturous; Randy was on life support and had a collapsed lung, broken ribs and a broken leg. He was on morphine and couldn’t even open his eyes. Brooke was so scared she would lose him and she spent everyday by his side waiting for him to pull through. On March 27, 2004 he had a change for the better and they took him off life support. He was still however in a lot of pain but, he was a live and out of any real danger so they thought.
On April 10, 2004 he was released from the hospital and Brooke took him home. Over the next few months he continued to get his strength back and was eventually walking normal again. Life started to get back to what it was before with school, work, and all the things that happy couples do. They were going to get married in June of 2005 and Brooke was so thankful that all the horror was behind them. Still, there was something that just wasn’t right about Randy. Brooke later found out he was addicted to the prescription pain medication the doctor had been giving him.
On December 24, 2004 Brooke found six different prescriptions from different doctors for the same thing, Oxycontin, and she knew they were in trouble. She confronted him later that day and he made excuses about how he needed them to function and the family doctor was a jerk who didn’t understand how much pain he was in. A few days later Brooke started calling around to the different doctor’s offices to let them know what was going on. Within weeks Randy found out and was furious with her. Brooke had never seen him like that before. He was not the same man she had fallen in love with. She soon realized he was getting the Oxycontin from the streets since he could no longer get it from the doctors.
Brooke didn’t know what to do or how she was going to help him? Then the worst thing possible happened. Brooke found a needle and a bag of heroin in his bathroom drawer. She called his parents and asked them to come over and they decided to confront him. Brooke knew he would just deny it all and that they needed professional help. That’s when they contacted a drug rehab program. Brooke talked to the counselor on the phone for about 2 hours and he helped them set up an Intervention for Randy.
The next day they planned to have dinner at his parent’s house and the lady who was sent to do the intervention was there too. She had instructed Brooke about the things she should have prepared for him such as clothes, toiletries etc. Brooke packed everything he would need for the next 3-4 months and put it in the trunk of her car.
That night was one of the most painful nights Brooke could remember. Randy was furious. He was cursing them all and pulling at his hair. Brooke thought he was going to throw his dinner glass at her head at one point. This struggle went on for hours and Brooke was beginning to lose hope. The interventionist asked Randy at that point if she could speak with him alone and he said, yes. They were talking for about 45 minutes and when they came out of the dinning room he was in tears. He grabbed hold of Brooke and hugged her tight and promised he was going to be ok. He had agreed to get help.
As the months went by and Randy got better, Brooke could once more see the light at the end of the tunnel. The way the drug rehab counselor and the interventionist helped the family to find a place to handle his addiction and regain his self respect and responsibility was phenomenal. Randy graduated from the program in April of 2005 and they got married in June. Brooke is now pregnant with their first child and they are currently living the life they always wanted. They will always be thankful to those who helped them get their life back.
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