"TOM: WHY DID YOU EVEN TRY TO
TAKE A SIP OF ALCOHOL. KELLY:
IT WAS A NEW FLAVOR AND I
WANTED TO TRY IT... A SIP OF
ALCOHOL. YOU TELL ME.
"
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BRIANYOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
FACE OF ADDICTION....IT'S
DIFFICULT TO WATCH, BUT IT'S
ALSO A RARE AND IMPORTANT LOOK
INSIDE THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
THAT'S RAVAGING WEST MICHIGAN
AND THE COUNTRY..
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MARLEE:..TARGET 8 INVESTIGATOR
SUSAN SAMPLES IS EXPOSING THE
KILLER AMONG US..
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SUSAN:..YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE
DIRE DECLARATIONS - WITH THE
CDC LABELLING OVERDOSE DEATHS
EPIDEMIC. BUT TONIGHT- WE'RE
GOING BEYOND THE RHETORIC -
LIFTING THE VEIL ON THE DARK
WORLD OF OPIOID ADDICTION..
3
TOM/KELLY'S FRIEND"I JUST
WANTED TO RECORD THIS VIDEO TO
SHOW HER SOME OTHER TIME IN
THE FUTURE MAYBE TO SEE WHAT I
SEE. SHE DOESN'T REALIZE HOW
SHE IS." THIS WAS YEAR EIGHT
OF KELLY GALBRAITH'S DECADE OF
DESPAIR..
3
TOM/KELLY'S FRIEND "SHE'S
MUMBLING, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT SHE'S SAYING."KELLY/DRUG
USER"MUMBLING..." AT THIS
POINT - THE 25 YEAR OLD WAS
MIXING HEROIN, METH, POT,
BOOZE, AND XANAX, ADDERALL...
CHAOS CAPTURED BY A ROOMMATE
AND CLOSE FRIEND.
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KELLY/DRUG USER"YOU'RE JUST
AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO
DO WITH ANY KIND OF POT OR
ALCOHOL. THAT'S
INSANE." TOM/KELLY'S FRIEND
"WELL IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO
POT AND ALCOHOL, DON'T DO
ADDERALL, JUST DO THAT."
KELLY/DRUG USER"I DON'T WANT
TO DO ANYTHING. YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW FáááED I FEEL. YOU DON'T
FáááING KNOW. DOOR SLAMS."
DEATH'S DOOR CAME TWO MONTHS
LATER..... WHEN GALBRAITH'S
HEART FINALLY GAVE OUT FROM A
TOXIC MIX OF METH AND HEROIN.
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DR. SANDY DETTMAN/ADDICTION
SPECIALIST"KELLY.. IT'S HARD
FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT KELLY
WITHOUT TEARS." DR. SANDY
DETTMAN HAS DEDICATED HER
CAREER - AND LIFE - TO
TREATING ADDICTION...
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DR. SANDY DETTMAN/ADDICTION
SPECIALIST"PEOPLE ARE DYING...
"
3
"IT'S GETTING WORSE.. IT'S
EVERYWHERE. I HAVE A WAITING
LIST OF PATIENTS GETTING IN TO
SEE ME.." ONE OF THOSE SHE
TRIED TO SAVE WAS KELLY
GALBRAITH.. "IF I WAS HONEST I
HAVE TO SAY I WAS VERY VERY
SKEPTICAL WITH THE
HISTORY." "HI I'M MARVIN. I'M
AN ADDICT.."BUT AT A RECENT
MEETING OF A GROUP CALLED
CLEAN AND SOBER
SUPPORT.. "KELLY G. COME DOWN
AND SHARE YOUR STORY."THE
ORGANIZER WELCOMED A SPEAKER
YOU PROBABLY WON'T RECOGNIZE.
3
"THANKS, MARVIN." KELLY
GALBRAITH HAD COME BACK...
FROM THIS... AND THIS..
3
"HI MY NAME IS KELLY AND I'M
AN ADDICT. I'M HERE TO SHARE
MY EXPERIENCE, STRENGTH AND
HOPE. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS SO
JUST BARE WITH ME..." SHE SAYS
TALKING ABOUT HER OWN
DESPERATE DESCENT GIVES HER
STRENGTH... AND MIGHT SAVE
SOMEONE
ELSE. "OKAY BABE, OKAY."
3
"DO YOU EVER WATCH THESE?
YEAH. GOSH, YEAH. "
3
"WHEN I LOOK AT THAT I JUST
THINK GOSH - HOW DID I EVER
GET LIKE THAT."
3
"I'M PHILADELPHIA BORN AND
RAISED.. BOTH MY PARENTS WERE
ADDICTS.. " BUT GALBRAITH
HERSELF DIDN'T TRY PAINKILLERS
FOR THE FIRST TIME UNTIL HER
LATE TEENS.. OXYCONTIN ...
WITH HER FIRST REAL
BOYFRIEND. "I STILL TO THIS
DAY THING BACK.... WHAT WAS I
THINKING? OBVIOUSLY.. I WAS
BLINDED BY LOVE... BUT WHY
WOULD I DO... THAT WAS THE
SINGLE WORST MISTAKE I EVER
MADE IN MY LIFE. "WITHIN A
YEAR, GALBRAITH WAS HOMELESS -
PROSTITUTING AND STEALING TO
PAY FOR HEROIN.. ROAMING
PHILLY'S DRUG-RAVAGED
KENSINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD.. IT
WAS THERE THAT SHE MET TOM -
THE MAN BEHIND THE CAMERA...
"YOU'RE NOT EVEN
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MAKING SENSE..."
3
"I MET HIM AFTER I HAD GOTTEN
BRUTALLY BEAT AND DRAGGED UP
AND DOWN A STREET AND ROBBED
FOR TWENTY DOLLARS.. AND
THAT'S KIND OF HOW HE
INITIALLY STOPPED TO SEE ME
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT 'OH MY
GOSH' THERE'S THIS YOUNG GIRL
AND HE SAID, 'YOU NEED SOME
HELP?'WHAT FOLLOWED WAS AN
IMPROBABLE FRIENDSHIP THAT
GALBRAITH SAYS SAVED HER LIFE.
TOM- WHO'S NEVER USED DRUGS -
LET GALBRAITH STAY WITH HIM...
TRIED TO HELP HER GET
CLEAN.... STUCK WITH HER
THROUGH DOZENS OF MUG SHOTS
AND FAILED STINTS IN REHAB..
3
"I'VE BEEN IN TREATMENT - IN
AND OUT - ALL THESE YEARS ..
BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET CLEAN
FOR A LONG TIME.. I REALLY
DID..."
3
"WE WANT TO SAY THESE ARE BAD
PEOPLE WHO MADE BAD
DECISIONS..." GALBRAITH'S
ADDICTION DOCTOR - SANDY
DETTMAN - POINTS TO THE DEPTH
OF HER PATIENT'S FALL - AND
BREATHTAKING CLIMB BACK - AS
EVIDENCE.
3
"WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOOD
PEOPLE WITH BAD DISEASES.."
3
"THE BRAIN GETS HIJACKED BY
THESE CHEMICALS."
3
"IT STARTS OUT AS VOLUNTARY
.. AND IT BECOMES INVOLUNTARY
IN A VERY PRIMATIVE PART OF
THE BRAIN..
" "SHOW ME YOUR
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"SHOW ME YOUR TEETH..." THIS
WAS 2011.. GALBRAITH'S TEETH -
ROTTEN FROM DRUGS AND LIFE ON
THE STREET.
3
HOW OFTEN WERE YOU SICK?
EVERY DAY. EVERY SINGLE DAY. I
WAS PHYSICALLY SICK EVERY
SINGLE DAY. I WOULD VOMIT, GET
CHILLS, SWEATS."
3
"I'M ABOUT TO GET ALL THESE
BEAUTIFUL TEETH PULLED"
3
"YOU SAW THE PICTURES. WOULD
YOU HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT SHE
WOULD BE THE WOMAN WHO WAS IN
FRONT OF YOUR CAMERA TODAY?
DEFIES IMAGINATION." "I CRIED
OUT TO GOD... I SAID, PLEASE
GOD.. LET SOMETHING HAPPEN.. I
CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.. " IT
WAS TWO YEARS AGO THAT
GALBRAITH FOUND A REHAB IN
NORTHERN MICHIGAN - HER FIRST
TIME IN THIS STATE.. HER FIRST
TIME ACTUALLY COMPLETING A
PROGRAM..
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"I'LL HAVE 18
3
MONTHS CLEAN NEXT MONTH....
ALRIGHT KELLY." 18 MONTHS
SOBER AFTER 15 YEARS ON
DRUGS... GALBRAITH LIVES IN
GRAND RAPIDS NOW.. WORKS AT A
DRUG TREATEMENT CENTER... GOES
TO GRCC.
3
"KELLY CHANGED THE WAY I
PRACTICE
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MEDICINE. I TAKE THE MOST
DEVASTATED LIVES AND I AM
THERE FOR THEM. EVERYONE
DESERVES ANOTHER CHANCE AT
LIFE. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING
TO BE A KELLY."
3
"I MEAN GOSH, THERE'S NO
SCIENTIFIC REASON I'M ALIVE..
THERE'S NO SCENTIFIC REASON
I'M NOT LAYING IN SOME DITCH..
STILL USING DRUGS.. EVERY
DRUG."NO SCIENTIFIC REASON -
BUT GALBRAITH HAS ALWAYS FELT
A LARGER PURPOSE - PERHAPS
SHE'S FOUND IT..
3
"I LOST MY ENTIRE 20S TO
DRUGNESS AND DEPRESSION.. NOT
LIVING .. JUST EXISTING.. NOW
I WON'T LET.. I CAN'T HELP BUT
BE HAPPY..
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GALBRAITH TRIED REHAB 19 TIMES
BEFORE SHE ACTUALLY COMPLETED
HER FIRST PROGRAM - IN
MANISTEE. SHE SAYS GRAND
RAPIDS' RECOVERY COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN CRITICAL TO HER CONTINUED
SUCCESS... TOMORROW ON
DAYBREAK - DR. SANDY DETTMAN
WILL BE LIVE TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT OPIOID
ADDICTION...IF YOU HAVE A
QUESTION - SEND IT TO
REPORTIT@WOODTV.COM... SHE'S
LIVE IN THE 6:30 HALF HOUR
TOMORROW... I'M TARGET 8