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Prescription Drug Abuse Narrative Report
Narrator: Hello welcome back to the Dr. Kostecki Show! Today we have some parents who are scared for their daughter, Nina , for being a prescription drug abuser. She even tried killing herself with a drug overdose, and had to have her stomach pumped out. Here are her parents!

Mr. and Mrs. Smith: We are scared for her life, as a parent you can just do so much. She started abusing when her boyfriend broke up with her and she was so depressed and started taking antidepressant pill. Till she hurt herself by falling and got pain killers, she started relying on the drugs. When she ran out, she started using different over the counter drugs. She started mixing and she was getting out of control. We tried to get her help, but she would not listen. We hoped by taking her here she would listen to you. PLEASE DR. KOSTECKI HELP HER!!!

Dr. Kostecki: I will try my best. Today audience we have Nina's parents here. Nina thinks she has come to talk to be on a tv show. What she doesn’t
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I started joint a sorority and we partied a lot. I meet a guy named Rick, and we started to date. He was abusive, and drinking helped to stop from hurting too much. It still was not enough. I got out of there, I quit college and broke up with him. He ruined my life and drinking helped so much. Then I got sober, I learned not to touch a drink. Then I meet David and he helped me stop even more. Then I was fired from my new job and we fought all the time. He then finally broke up with me. It brought all that pain back from college and I could not take it no more! (Starts crying) I went to the doctors and got antidepressant pills and it helped but, not enough! I need more but, I could not go back to the alcohol, it would be like Rick abusing me again. Then I hurt myself badly and the painkillers helped too. Then I actually miss took some drugs but, it felt so good. Then I did even more, every drug I could get my hand on. It still helping, am sorry it helps too

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