Do You Want to Get Well?
A Memoir
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I remember a few things that happened in the moments immediately following the accident. I called my mom and told her I'd been in an accident and that I was OK. No, I hadn't been drinking, I told her. At this stage in my life I lied so often it had become a reflex. I was a liar. Everyone knew I was a liar and anticipated my dishonesty, but they asked the questions anyway. The second thing I remember is that an emergency medical technician — or a cop or an angel — came to talk to me and extract me from my busted-up Nissan Altima. He had a radio on his shoulder and I heard a dispatcher's voice crackle through the static. I heard just one word the dispatcher said. Fatality.
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On March 29, 2019, April Towery was an overconfident alcoholic who had been drinking all day when she slipped into her car, after dark, to travel from Houston to Dallas. About halfway into the drive, she crossed a median and hit, head-on, another vehicle carrying a driver and two passengers. Although she recalls little from that night, she remembers hearing a dispatcher say one word through a police officer’s radio: fatality. In a raw and tragic story of redemption, hope, and forgiveness, April chronicles her life journey beginning in a Christian home where she battled low self-esteem and a strong desire to be loved and accepted. As she reveals how social drinking led her to feel beautiful, likable, and funny, April candidly describes how she slowly transformed into a full-blown and seemingly hopeless alcoholic. While sharing insights into her spiritual awakening behind the walls of a Texas prison, she discloses how she learned to affirmatively answer the deeply introspective question Jesus placed on her heart. Do You Want to Get Well? is the moving true story of a recovering alcoholic’s journey of healing and freedom in Christ.
About the Author
April Towery is an award-winning journalist based in Texas. She spent nineteen months incarcerated in a women’s prison for causing a fatal drunk-driving accident. April is committed to sharing her story of hope with women who suffer from alcoholism and those impacted by the justice system. An advocate for prison reform, she volunteers with Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance and Minutes Before Six. She has been sober since March 30, 2019.