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Based on a true story. Eric has a gun under his chin. Convinced that his depression is a life sentence, he’s ready to quit. Suicide attempts by gun are impulsive, irrevocable acts; stomachs can be pumped, nooses can fail, cuts can be staunched, but bullets don’t miss. Eric knows this. And so, he pulls the trigger... …and botches it. Something crazy happens, and he decides to wait before trying again. He stalls, letting himself do one last fun thing, a fantasy of sorts that circumstances fatefully permit. Enter: Jenny, a heroin addict and former high school all-star fighting her own personal battles. Eric learns that Jenny is in desperate need of Suboxone, a medicine used to treat opioid addiction. But because of federal laws, few doctors are able to prescribe it. With no health insurance, no family support, and no hope, Jenny knows she’s going to die. But there’s a chance. Jenny knows a doctor in L.A. who promises he can get her the help she needs if she can somehow get to L.A. Eric doesn’t exactly have much else going on, and he has a truck, so he makes another choice that leads to an incredible story about sacrifice, perseverance, and living for more more than yourself. In the end, who saves who?
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“But you can’t give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they’re strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky. That’s how you’ll end up Mr. Bell. If you let yourself love a wild thing. You’ll end up looking at the sky.”
Truman Capote,
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
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