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been drinking,
se to get into
right behind him.
ed to back out of
ched right in and
of the ignition.
is girl wasn’t
more. It was a
for Randy.”
r husband that
g himself to
nter the next
es. She’d made
ents.
. Everything is
expecting you,’”
. Randy went to
ed sobriety and
.
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o dear friends,
pport and very
g from the
family and social
e actions she did.
“At that time, if a person had a
drinking problem, it was viewed
as more of an embarrassment
than anything else,” she explains.
“But I had done my research on
alcoholism, I read about Betty
Ford’s personal experience and I
recognized that there was more
involved. That’s why I was on such
a mission to get my husband into
the Betty Ford Center. I knew he
would receive the finest possible
care available.”
Jackie and Randy’s experience
with the Betty Ford Center proved
all the more valuable when two of
their children developed substance
use disorders during their college
—