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and she went and got a motel.

I was clean at the time,

and I...

I didn't think

that she was using.

Kelly:

Ashley had been in treatment.

She had stayed in

just long enough

to get through

the withdrawal period,

and she felt fine,

and then she walked out

of treatment early.

That's when it can take 'em

because they think

that they can use

what they were using before.

They say,

"Well, I did this much,"

um, "so I can handle it,"

and they can't.

Their body is back

to what it was.

And when I would

tell my daughter,

"I'm so worried

about you, Ashley,"

she would say,

"Mom, I'm... I'm too young,

and pretty to die.

I'll be fine.

I'm gonna beat this."

Stephany:

I think that maybe she thought

she could just do it

one more time

and get that

really good high,

and then not

do it anymore.

And it's like... that one time,

you never know.

Stephany:
Her fianc called me,

and he was at the motel,

and she wasn't

answering her phone.

Stephany:
He called me and he was,

like, hysterical.

Stephany:

He started banging on the doors.

He called 911,

and told the operator,

"My girlfriend

is a heroin addict.

"She's not

answering her phone.

"I know she's in trouble.

Please come to this hotel

and help me."

Stephany:

I remember where I was at.

I was at the

Taco Bell drive thru.

I remember seeing the police

station's number come up on my phone.

And I remember

picking up the phone,

and it being a man's voice.

He was like,

"I'm sorry for your loss."

And I was just like...

I was like,

"What are you talking about?"

And, um, he's like,

"I need you to come

into the police station."

And I just... I knew.

And...

It was like my whole

world just, like, stopped.

It was the worst nightmare

that anybody could have.

I miss her every day.

From morning till night,

it's an all-day thing.

Stephany:

I was suicidal when I lost my sister.

I would just do

massive amounts,

$200 worth of drugs,

in an hour, in a sitting.

Just praying, like,

"Please don't

let me wake up.

I don't want

to live anymore."

Stephany:

She was like a second mom to Audrey.

She acted like Audrey

was her daughter.

You know, she would...

She would take over

when I would get stressed or...

Kelly:

You two were inseparable.

Stephany:

I can never imagine going back to...

living like I was.

I could never imagine

going back to...

sticking myself with needles,

15 times a day

for hours at a time.

I've been clean for

long enough to where...

it scares me,

the thought of using,

because I know

one time could kill me.

This is a crucial time...

now that you,

you have clean time.

She had that,

that clean time,

and then she used...

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