“They carted me off to a local emergency room, where I sat in a sterile, curtain-lined room for enough hours to fill up nearly an entire day. I was waiting, just racking up my medical bills. Over the span of time I was there, I saw three other women I recognized from the rehab center who had been transferred as well. I wondered how many more there were. We were like pawns being moved around, seemingly based on our ability to pay.” LoveAmericaHateRelationshipsFateMen And WomenAddictionRehab Book:Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch Source: Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch
“All I had was his program, and now that was being aken away too. All I wanted was to get help and strength I needed to return to my nothing. "Have you booked your flight yet?" asked an impatient nurse who was peeking into my room. I wiped the tears from my face an shook my head no. "An hour ago you wouldn't even let me take a private pee. Now you're just going to open the door and let me walk out? Is this what you do? Just push suicidal girls out the door?" I asked her with bewilderment. I had been blindsided not even ten minutes beofre, and they expected me to have a flight booked already? Was she serious? An hour ago I was on lockdown, not to be trusted to move freely...now I was being asked to leave for the nearest airport with no exit plan, no guidance, no support whatsoever.” LoveHateRelationshipsFateMen And WomenAddictionRecovery Book:Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch Source: Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch