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I should have just said Okay and dropped it right then and there, Megan thought to herself now, in retrospect. But I had to go and open my big mouth.

Actually, what she had said was, Donny, please get rid of this stuff and don't let Tommy use your truck anymore. You know that if the police find this stuff anywhere near you, they are going to violate you. The conditions of your probation from the last time they came out order you to abstain from the use of any alcohol or drugs.

And that was all it took. Donny exploded at her, ordered her to leave his brother out of this and quit telling him how to run his life. Megan turned to leave the room; she and the kids were going to be late. But Donny lunged for her, grabbed her by the left arm and jerked her back toward him. When she resisted, he threw her to the ground, got on top of her, grabbed her neck with both hands, and began to choke her. He was yelling obscenities and telling her he was sick and tired of her self-righteous attitudes.

Their oldest child, Christina, age 9, came running in. When she saw what was going on, she ran to the phone and called 911. The operator had just come on the line when Donny slapped the little girl and knocked her to the floor. Megan jumped up to defend Christina, and when Donny resumed choking her, Christina grabbed Charlie, age 5, and shot out the front door and across the street to the neighbors. Fortunately, the neighbors had already heard the commotion and called 911 themselves. The police were there in less than two minutes. They pulled Donny off of Megan, put him in cuffs, and hauled him off to jail.

Now Megan was sitting in a dumpy little waiting room, trying to fill out a police report that would certainly send her husband to jail, at least for a while. She was really tired and really sad. Most of all, she felt like a huge failure. She had tried so hard. And still it had come to this. At that moment, she flashed back to that point in the fight where Donny had slapped Chrissy to the floor, and Megan clearly saw the terror in Chrissy's eyes. She would never forgive herself if anything ever happened to the kids. Suddenly she knew what she had to do. Slowly, more like a robot than a person, she starting filling out the report. And as she worked her way through the paperwork, she paused just briefly to ask the social worker how she could get in touch with a good divorce lawyer.

Is this a true story? Probably, even though it is not based on any actual single case file. It is true because this kind of tragedy happens somewhere close to you, maybe right in your town, maybe right on your street, countless times every day. Maybe it has happened - is happening right in your own home. If that is the case, then please pay very close attention to what we are about to share with you.

The Biggest National Epidemic You Never Heard Of

In the winter of 2003, the entire world was in an uproar over the outbreak of a new disease called SARS. It originated in China and gradually spread around the world, throwing public health officials into a state of absolute panic. SARS viciously attacks the respiratory system and is often fatal, especially in older patients or people with weakened immune systems. All during the spring of 2003, the world rallied together to halt the spread of this dreadful disease. It was on the national news every night. Twenty-four hour news channels interviewed expert after expert in their attempt to inform the public and help them protect themselves. The epidemic seemed to ease toward the