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Lynette Dotson

me in ways that I never expected. At the they’ve been saved one time, two times, thing. It doesn’t matter if you’re one day Look at the lives we’re changing. Look
same time, I am also a parent of chil- 95 times. I have what’s going to be my sober, one year sober, six years sober, at the lives we’re saving.”
dren who struggle with substance use. daughter-in-law soon, who’s been saved whatever the case may be. You have a For information on how you can get
They are in recovery today. That gives 11 times, and she’s doing well today.” story, and your story is very impactful. If Narcan and for other resources, please
me hope, but also a deep understanding Levi Hall, is a recovering addict and by telling my story, I can save one life or visit www.zmchd.org/Services/Project-
how fragile and precious that hope is. advocate for recovery. He spoke during help one person, it would all be worth it. DAWN-Safe-Point. Drug Free Musking-
Losing my brother made my advocacy the Afternoon of Remembrance to tell If I can impact one person, each and ev- um can be found on Facebook @drug-
more urgent, more personal, and more his story. ery one of you can impact one person. freemuskingum.
determined. What was once important “All week, the word impact has been
work now has become heart work for on my mind. The impact of losing a loved
me. Every story that I share, every hand one to a drug overdose is life-changing.
that I hold, and every conversation that I Not only for the family and friends, but
have about substance use and recovery also for the ones who are indirectly, and
is driven by love. I will always carry my directly affected by it,” explained Hall.
brother’s love and the hope that I hold “The mother, the father, the son, the
for my children and for every family that daughter, the police officer, the para-
this crisis has touched.” medic, even the person just passing by
Batteiger emphasized the importance that doesn’t have any involvement with
of having life-saving Narcan on hand. “If it at all. It impacts the community as a
you don’t have Narcan, I strongly suggest whole. One thing about impact is it can
that you get Narcan. It is free. I teach it be positive, but it can also be negative. I
in our community as a community first myself suffered from active addiction for
aid item. Everybody should have Narcan 12 years of my life. From about the age
for unintentional exposure. It’s not just of 17 to the age of 29, I was controlled.
about somebody who’s struggling with I would do anything I had to do to get
substance use anymore. It’s about fen- what I needed to get. I suffered from
tanyl being in our community. It’s there. multiple different drug overdoses. In
It’s real. You’re going to see a video go 2019, I almost lost my life. I was on life
out on social media real soon of an ac- support for four days. I was in the ICU for
tual call that was made in on Thursday 27 days. And in that, I had an encoun-
to a local gas station. Somebody clean- ter. And that encounter was with our
ing a gas station stall that was exposed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I’ve made
to fentanyl, they went down under unin- it my life goal to share my testimony to
tentional exposure. It’s real. So please others to encourage and educate those
equip yourself with Narcan. Be a good who are still out there and still sick and
neighbor and get it. It doesn’t matter if suffering from drug addiction. Here’s the
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Jennifer Lloyd, Assistant Director of Recovery Ohio in Governor Mike DeWine’s office spoke
during Community Education and Awareness Family Fun Night. Lynette Dotson America
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