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Drug Addiction Recovery Celebration
A remarkable recovery story of a woman who has battled a drug addiction and
survived cancer...News 12's Brittany Larson was there for the celebration for
the treatment of her addiction and the graduation of Drug Court.Tracy Brown
has been though many ups and downs in her lifetime...Tracy Brown says... "Put
it this way... a lot of people thought I'd be dead at this time in my life.I
started using drugs at the very young at of 11."But now many years later...
today represents the light at the end of a very long tunnel when she
graduated from drug court.Tracy Brown says... "I wanted to change I had the
drive and the motivation to quit drinking and to quit using drugs but I'm an
addict... I couldn't do it alone."Along with her continuous battle with her
drug addiction Tracy was diagnosed with breast cancer in November of 2007 and
upon doing further testing they discovered she had brain cancer as well as
ovarian cancer...Tracy Brown says..."I wanted to overdose... I wanted to die,
I figured my kids were better off they were in a foster home, I had no divers
license, my house was repossessed from mortgage company and had went through
all my chemo but they weren't sure if it would work...But the chemotherapy
did work and in June of 2009 Brown's doctor gave her a clean bill of health
making it nothing short of a miracle.Kevin Mettler says... "The biggest thing
that sets anyone apart from anybody that has an addiction is when you are
ready to make a change in your life and to go after it as hard as you can
with everything you have and that's what Tracy did... she knew she wanted to
live."And after 19 months of the drug court program she is the example of
hope to many others and for that she has no regrets...Tracy Brown
says..."Without my past I wouldn't have my future and I always have to
remember where I came from and the road I traveled because what doesn't kill
us makes us stronger.A message of true perseverance and the willingness to
never give up.In Mankato, Brittany Larson News 12.
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