Ashley is a LIAR, and you and many other FReepers trashed me and others when we stated that her story was full of holes last March. If she was on the witness stand, her testimony would be impeached by her own admission of lying. She mislead everyone and many of you bought it. She was awarded $60K reward money (taxpayer) and given heroine status, and now admits she wasn't truthful from the gitgo!
There are plenty reasons to call Ashley Smith on her deciept, but folks like you are willing to turn a blind eye.
You were duped, admit it.
All of those threads were post-incident. You were only correct if she didn't use that night as a life changing event and didn't clean up her act and quit drugs. So far all the evidence suggests that she did change, and the person we saw in the early interviews was in the process of turning away from her bad habits and past.
Again, if she hasn't changed, why would she discuss the drugs? It will surely hurt her book sales.
Why is it so hard to fathom that a woman, however flawed, who found herself captive with a known murderer on the loose, would turn to God? Why is it so hard to fathom that a drug addict with a daughter might be reading a religious-based book about how to change one's life around? Why is it so hard to fathom that someone in her position might be realizing that it wasn't the way she wanted to live, that she couldn't continue on that way, and be seeking a way out?
You do realize that persons who change their life by turning to God don't instantly become perfect, and will still struggle afterwards (though over time it often gets easier as one settles into new healthy habits and routines.)
It takes a real big man to continue to kick at and take joy in the struggles of an addict trying to clean up her life for some silly prideful ego trip. Your mother must be so proud...