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his phone to, like,

take a video to just,

like, show our father,

like, what was,

like, going on.

And I told him, like,

"Put down the phone,

like, right now."

And he's like, "Why?"

And like I, that was...

I was like grabbing her foot,

and it was just ice-cold.

And I called 911, they were telling

me to do chest compressions on her.

I was just yelling

at Preston to stop,

and he was just like, said,

"We need to do everything we can."

and... it was, um...

I mean, that's when I had to call,

like, my father.

And it just was surreal,

in having the conversation

with Harry

as I can hear Preston

in the background.

"Mom's dead.

Like we... we need to do something,"

and he just...

he didn't believe me, and I was just like,

"Just get to the city,

like, right now."

And then hearing Preston

screaming on the other...

You know, he's, um...

trying to give her

compressions.

Doyle:

By the end...

at the funeral,

there were hardly any of her friends.

Britt:

When I saw the pills on her bedside table,

when she had passed,

that was probably the most

anger I could feel ever,

because she's been

to that hospital

easily like 50 times.

They've seen her there, unconscious,

had to, like, pump her stomach

so many times,

and yet, she comes in there,

and they leave her,

like, with more?

Doyle:
I firmly believe that

there are so many people

that are being

prescribed opiates

without any

direction or support

that have no idea

what they're getting into,

and then, once they

can't get out of it

the shame and the inability

to actually confront it

and talk about it with somebody...

makes it worse,

because now, all of a sudden,

they're an addict.

Do you like it so far?

I love it,

I think it's beautiful.

I was thinking,

maybe we would make one for your mommy.

That's what I

would like to do when,

when I'm done with yours,

if that's okay.

Let her know

that we're thinking of her.

Kelly:

I have adopted Audrey.

She needed

stability, security,

and until my daughter

could recover,

she just couldn't

give her that.

Kelly:

I'm trying to keep her a child.

I don't want her

to grow up too fast.

But she's part of this,

and she's kind of my partner.

We have the Narcan,

and I dropped

some off for her.

If something happened,

and I couldn't

get over there,

do you remember

what you would do?

Where...

where do I keep it?

In the top.

So I keep

the Narcan right here.

This one is real

easy access

for Audrey if she needs to.

I keep a couple

of packs inside here.

Three, actually,

and it's two...

two doses per box.

But this is really

easy for her to reach.

I can get at it.

It's very visible

in the red bag.

If she wasn't moving,

try to shake her?

I would check if she was breathing.

Okay.

And, then, what's the

next thing you would do?

Rub, rub the lips,

try to stimulate her.

And then what

would you do

if she didn't wake up?

Then I would take

the... the Narcan...

Okay.

...and I would...

and I would place it on her thigh,

her butt,

or right here.

Yep.

Exactly. And then

what do you do?

Then, call 911.

Right.

I'm gonna say a special

prayer for your mommy today,

'cause she really needs it.

I know she's

trying very hard,

and I know

she misses you.

I'm gonna bring

some to Stephany.

I don't know

what she's doing...

but it's always good to have it there,

just in case.

And also...

a lot of times,

they don't use alone.

They're so pretty.

Gail Cole:

When we found him,

the two of us

pulled him off the bed.

I'll never forget the sound

of just the air

coming out of his lungs.

For the longest time,

I couldn't come in this room.

It's literally like

the day he died.

It took me a year to come in

and throw his garbage out,

and I think I did that,

because I saw that

the medical examiner

left the wrapper for

the body bag in there.

I just...

I can't go through it.

I feel like it's like

getting rid of him.

Brian Cole:
Part of me takes great

comfort in all of this stuff too.

Just reminds me of his personality,

you know.

Brian:

I did everything possible

to... to create a perfect

life for a family.

Brendan:

Brothers get together!

Brian

All the brothers, hold on.

Brian:

To have this happen is just

not even conceivable to me.

Brian

Come on, Connor.

Gail

Here's Brendan!

Hey baby, I'm not four yet!

Brian

Yeah, Brendan!

Brian:
That's his calendar, he was

marking off the days when he was first...

Gail:
Sober?

Brian:
...sober.

I just thought it would be

important for him to be able to

look at the calendar

at the end of every day,

and cross it off,

and say, you know,

"There's another day,

I've done it."

You know? I just

wanted him to have

some type of way

of measuring his success.

Gail:
When he had

come out of rehab,

he looked the best

he had in years,

He looked so healthy

and was so positive.

And he said, "Oh, can I borrow the car?

I want to go to the mall."

And I said, "Sure."

And he's only gone

45 minutes.

He's texting Brian pictures

of shoes, of all things.

And he came back.

He poked his head in,

I said, "You know,"

I said, "It's so nice

to have you back."

He goes, "Thanks, Mom, I love you.

Thanks for giving me another chance."

And, with that,

I look at his face

and I'm, like,

"Wow! He's high."

And, you know, the yelling,

the screaming, and...

we agreed tomorrow

would be another day.

And, um, I went to sleep.

Brian fell asleep

on the, on the couch,

and woke up at around one o'clock,

by the grace of God.

He found him kind of laying

at an odd angle on the bed.

He turned on the light

and screamed.

His lips were turning blue.

He was unconscious.

He was barely breathing.

And you were screaming,

we're shaking him,

calling 911.

The police came,

the ambulance came,

and then Mobile

Intensive Care came

and they revived him

with Narcan...

and he walked out the front

door to the ambulance.

When we got into

the emergency room,

nobody really talked about the

withdrawal from the Narcan,

and there was

no real game plan

for what to do

after overdosing.

So, we got in the car

and I drove him home,

and I could, could

barely even speak to him.

I was just so furious.

He was, you know,

sleeping in the front seat,

and we pulled in

the garage and I said,

"Do me a favor, would you just take a

shower and try to get yourself together?"

And he goes, "I can't."

And I didn't

really understand,

but I've learned,

after the fact,

that when you're

going through withdrawal,

it hurts to shave, it hurts to shower,

it hurts to brush your teeth.

He went up in his room.

The door was open.

We had his laptop,

we had his cellphone.

We had taken

all those away,

so he was, you know,

kind of in lockdown.

That was at 1:
30

in the afternoon.

And then about 2:30,

Brian came up

and said to him, he goes,

you know, kind of

tussled his hair, and said,

"You know...

you got a second chance.

Not everyone gets

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