{"id":2504,"date":"2018-12-10T08:29:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T08:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newseason.com\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2023-10-26T18:23:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:23:39","slug":"opioid-epidemic-in-the-news-i-died-and-came-back-and-i-still-wanted-to-get-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newseason.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/10\/opioid-epidemic-in-the-news-i-died-and-came-back-and-i-still-wanted-to-get-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Opioid Epidemic in the News: \u201cI died and came back, and I still wanted to get high.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soledad O\u2019Brien reported this week in the segment, \u201cMatter of Fact<\/a>,\u201d that while life expectancy around the world is rising, the average American isn\u2019t expected to live past 80-years-old. For the third straight year, life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped, and the Center for Disease Control said this can largely be attributed to the nation\u2019s opiate crisis.<\/p>\n

To highlight the alarming statistics, O\u2019Brien and her production team followed Sarah Kordenbrock as she battled a heroin addiction. Kordenbrock, a middle class, middle-America teen, was the captain of her high school volleyball and softball teams. After injuring her knee in a championship game, a doctor prescribed her Percocet. She recalls taking two pills on the second day of taking the prescription and liking the \u201cbuzz\u201d feeling. \u201cI was immediately in love with it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Within a year, she was addicted to heroin when pain pills became too expensive to satisfy\u00a0her habit.<\/p>\n

Her parents intervened, sending her to an intense inpatient treatment and then outpatient recovery center.<\/p>\n

She relapsed.<\/p>\n

She overdosed.<\/p>\n

She almost died.<\/p>\n

She was given a second chance.<\/p>\n

You can view her story here: https:\/\/matteroffact.tv\/the-long-road-to-recovery-i-died-and-came-back-and-i-still-wanted-to-get-high\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kordenbrock\u2019s road to recovery was not easy, but her life has since been blessed with a loving husband and darling daughter. She\u2019s a ray of hope for people like her who battle opioid use disorder.<\/p>\n

You too can fight your addiction and take back your life; contact New Season today at 1-877-284-7074 or newseason@cmglp.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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