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March 30, 2025 – CNN “Fentanyl in America: A Way Out” on “The Whole Story presented by Anderson Cooper” “I was asked to give an update of myself for this documentary, and I wanted to throw up,” said Crystal Quigley.
Quigley, 39, said she had been sober for two years before relapsing on illicit fentanyl. Her anguish poured out onto the notebook pages she sent us.
“I threw away all I had going for myself because I never felt worthy of my accomplishments,” she wrote. “In true Crystal fashion, I self-sabotaged … all because I didn’t know how to be comfortable sober.”
But the reasons why she relapsed may be more complex.
Two-thirds of Americans say that either they or a family member has been addicted to alcohol or drugs, been homeless because of an addiction, or overdosed and died from drug use. Statistically speaking, addiction has affected the lives of most people reading this. What also may hit close to home with readers is the complicated battle to fight it.
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