The Gift of Desperation

Coming from a background of addiction and neglect, Annabel pretty much made up her own rules.  She and her brother did their best to survive, sacrificing "normal" in the process.  A longing for love and approval led down a path of pills, booze and empty relationships.  Living in a downscale Hollywood apartment trying to manage her pill supply led to the gift of desperation.  Hoping to drink herself to death before she left for rehab she failed at that and the story of recovery from booze, pills and sexual trauma began.