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When I was about 4 or 5 years old, one of my favorite things to do was to go outside on 'trash day...
I was doing an intense, group cross-fit workout when my cardiac arrest occurred...
What happened from my perspective: I was shooting up meth with my boyfriend at the time...
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I was struck by a yellow pick up truck...
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On December 29, 2007, I had a phone call from a doctor telling me that I needed to immediately come back into the hospital to have an emergency surgery...
After taking drugs, I went to sleep...
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In the summer of 1996, I was 25 years old and living in Lake Louise, Alberta Canada...
It started out a night like any other weekend night...
For years, I was an obnoxiously militant atheist...
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It was late at night...
I was surfing in Florida and the waves were around 8 feet high, which is bigger than I am used to surfing...
