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First, I had a very unusual precursor to the event...
I was doing an intense, group cross-fit workout when my cardiac arrest occurred...
I was strapped onto a T-Bar in the surgery prepping me...
I was drinking vodka straight out of the bottle...
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I was in a place somewhere...
This experience plays back in my mind like a movie, still today...
I was drowning in a rip current...
At the age of 9 years old, I was sleeping like other nights but saw a strange dream...
I have had an interest in the effects drugs/alcohol produce ever since I first tried them in 2011...
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What happened from my perspective: I was shooting up meth with my boyfriend at the time...
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Many times throughout my young childhood I would wake up in the middle of the night with a feeling of extreme emotion in my chest, and found myself rising above my bed all the way to the ceiling, and would just hover there...
I was struck by a yellow pick up truck...
