Facing the Dragon: How a Desperate Act Pulled One Addict Out of Methamphetamine Hell

After more than twenty-three years addicted to methamphetamine and otherdrugs, David Parnell put an SKS assault rifle under his chin and pulled the trigger.The blast took off half his face, yet somehow he survived. They called him the 'miracle man' at the Nashville hospital where he'd been pronounced clinically dead. Following an afterlife experience where he briefly experienced hell, David woke up in the hospital, and he was changed forever, both physically and emotionally. In Facing the Dragon, you will witness the slow, agonizing metamorphosis of a good-looking high-school athlete into a violent, drug-dealing, psychotic wife-beater whose children were terrified of him. In graphic detail, you'll relive his suicide attempts and then walk alongside him as he endures countless surgeries to reconstruct his decimated face and learns how to cope with his hideous disfigurement. Now thirty-nine, Parnell is clean and sober and is making the most of the second chance he's been given, bringing his message about the dangers of meth and other drugs to schools, prisons, churches, and antidrug organizations around the world as a full-time lecturer. By experiencing the nightmare of his life--and his brief glimpse of hell--you will find hope and healing when facing your own life-threatening dragons.

Parnell is a powerful voice on the dangers of methamphetamine.&

 Amy Hammond Hagberg is an author, ghostwriter, editor, radio host, and speaker. She is a frequent contributor to publications around the world on subjects ranging from marriage and parenting to spirituality and business and lifestyle pieces. She specializes in celebrity profiles. Her magazine clients include Redbook, SavvyMiss, ParentLife, HomeLife, Collegiate, Listen, and dozens of others.