DRUG ADDICTION SUCKS –
Aug. 10, 2026 – Married at 18, she began using herself, experimenting with meth and was eventually prescribed Percocets and a form of promethazine after a painful surgery at 19. Not only did it take away her physical pain, but the emotional pain as well. But some news from her then-husband would be the start of a tragic spiral. … “I got pregnant, and I felt like I thought when I was pregnant that that would make me stop using, that I would want the baby to have that power over me or give me that strength, and when I realized that that wasn’t happening, I was really scared,” Howell said. “When I was seven months pregnant, Jason died of an overdose. My baby ended up passing away of an overdose, and it was my fault. I am responsible. I went to prison for eight and a half years for that. It just feels like everybody in my life dies of an overdose.”
