Laila Mickelwait

So I kind of hit a real low point in my life. Why? Kind of a crash and burn.

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Yeah. Well, I kind of came to The end of myself, I was partying and, you know, I was even, you know, doing drugs. I ended up being groped and found myself, you know, on the floor of a room, a dirty carpet that smelled like vomit.

Yeah. Well, I kind of came to The end of myself, I was partying and, you know, I was even, you know, doing drugs. I ended up being groped and found myself, you know, on the floor of a room, a dirty carpet that smelled like vomit.

Yeah. Well, I kind of came to The end of myself, I was partying and, you know, I was even, you know, doing drugs. I ended up being groped and found myself, you know, on the floor of a room, a dirty carpet that smelled like vomit.

Not really knowing even what happened the night before.

Not really knowing even what happened the night before.

Not really knowing even what happened the night before.

And it was just like I hit a real low point in my life.

And it was just like I hit a real low point in my life.

And it was just like I hit a real low point in my life.

Yeah. At the same time, I suffered a devastating romantic heartbreak. I got in a bad car accident. It was kind of like all of these things were happening at once, and I just kind of hit that low breaking point in my life. And at that time, I was searching. I was very depressed.

Yeah. At the same time, I suffered a devastating romantic heartbreak. I got in a bad car accident. It was kind of like all of these things were happening at once, and I just kind of hit that low breaking point in my life. And at that time, I was searching. I was very depressed.

Yeah. At the same time, I suffered a devastating romantic heartbreak. I got in a bad car accident. It was kind of like all of these things were happening at once, and I just kind of hit that low breaking point in my life. And at that time, I was searching. I was very depressed.

I mean, it was kind of around the same time in my life. Still pretty young. Yeah, these early 20s, right? Yeah, okay. And you were in L.A.? I grew up in Southern California, so I was about an hour and a half from L.A., so I would drive to L.A. and come back. And I hit, yeah, a rock bottom, right? And it was at that point that I was crying one night. I had drawn a picture of how I felt.

I mean, it was kind of around the same time in my life. Still pretty young. Yeah, these early 20s, right? Yeah, okay. And you were in L.A.? I grew up in Southern California, so I was about an hour and a half from L.A., so I would drive to L.A. and come back. And I hit, yeah, a rock bottom, right? And it was at that point that I was crying one night. I had drawn a picture of how I felt.

I mean, it was kind of around the same time in my life. Still pretty young. Yeah, these early 20s, right? Yeah, okay. And you were in L.A.? I grew up in Southern California, so I was about an hour and a half from L.A., so I would drive to L.A. and come back. And I hit, yeah, a rock bottom, right? And it was at that point that I was crying one night. I had drawn a picture of how I felt.

I'll describe it to you. But I was at a point where I had to either take sleeping pills or narcotics to numb the pain. And I just felt very depressed. And I was totally lost and not knowing where or what I was going to do with my life. And I drew a picture that night. It was a flower in a deep pit. And there was rain that was pouring down and there was water that was filling up the pit.