Former opioid addict who inspired film 'Four Good Days': 'I lost everything' but 'recovery is possible'
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Former opioid addict Amanda Wendler, who is the inspiration behind the film 'Four Good Days,' joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss her road to recovery.
"I got into a snowmobile accident around 16, and the doctor gave me Vicodin for the pain, and it just took off from there," Wendler told co-host Dana Perino. "I kept going back to the doctor more and more…before you know it, I was up to 180 a month, seeing two or three different doctors a month.""That went on until… I couldn't find the pain pills anywhere – I turned to heroin," Wendler recalled. "I lost everything."
The film based on Wendler's journey features a mother (played by numerous awards-winning actress Glenn Close) who helps her daughter (Golden Globe-nominated Mila Kunis) along the road to recovery after she unsuccessfully underwent several rehabilitation stints and even stole from her family to fuel her addiction.
Despite battling her addiction for years, Wendler maintained addicts can recover - acknowledging, though, that her journey has not been an easy one.
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