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"Born j By Aiy Coveil Ocmtcodk Staff Writer At 18, Judy Simpson, (fictiona name), took an overdose of valiutr because "I didn't like myself; had no purpose." After graduating from i Columbia high school in 1975, sh< moved to Florida to work, and thei "just decided to come back home* to work in various local stores. Bu alcohol and drugs clouded her rea ambition to mafor in music at USC "I TOOK speed every day, an* took barbituates at night b counteract the speed. I was up t seven speeds a day, and I dranl about a six-pack of beer a day,' she said. She ate very little. "I had mayb a glass of water a day." By the ag of 19, she had lost 50 pounds. She shared an apartment wit her boyfriend and was living "i and out of my car." One mornin she woke at 4 a.m. to find someon staring at her as she slept in he Uctl . Reg. $12.00 style N( with student ] 3405 Forest Dr. 2 782-6475 7 I Klpcrnri * %/ m ?/ low country okrt mushrooms sauU juicy New York I f n nioui n fth \A/ %S l/v/ V/J |/? rv/ and more?Fridi The of Ca Make sure you her 1 O 11"\ XI /\ r\ tr /-v I / II UN I liUUi Ul V Call 777-819 4 4 * 9 * 0 t ? t t again" j.' ur nia tit iig u "I took speed every day, a l night to counteract the sp i [ speeds a day, and I dranl I beer a day." . Reforn 1 ? ? t SHE SOON moved out on her il boyfriend because she "was getting tired of drugs and he was having pot parties in our living d room." She stopped using drugs o because they were making her o unhappy, and she couldn't afford k them. Two years ago, Simpson became e pregnant at 19. "I was scared; I e had a lot of fear," she said. She hnrtn't nlnnnpH tn hnvo a r?hilH huf h didn't consider having an abortion, n g However, she said she was e hopeful because she had been r "born-again" a few days before she discovered she was pregnant. . Good For >y RK ' %-> d Redken ^ I, Perming, " nditioning JW $1U.50 ^ [.D. VX' ' 5800 Devine V ^ r99-5890 Your Head HMBUMHUHMMnHHI t Dining i vegetable soup, i zed in pure butter, Strip steak, at night?all this H ly evenings. Top rolina e a place at the Top. Capstone dorm. '8 for reservations. ? ddict finds pe nd took barbituate*at eed. I was up to seven ; about a six-pack of led drug addict ONE NIGHT she prayed to God with a friend and as a result, rnnsirtared hersplf "horn attain " "Since I felt real guilty about the wrong I had done, we prayed He'd forgive me." She said she asked God to change her attitudes and her lifestyle, allowing her to "live the way that He wanted me to live." This prayer, she said, was the beginning of a relationship with God "on a one-to-one basis." BUT SHE still had the problem of an unwanted pregnancy. A relative offered to pay for an abortion, but she turned the offer * Vf11 MWHII1IH fflfl I?i 'I f WWBMMBBBBMB Indulge witl No, MONTY Hall i a I No, The EAGLES ? B WN No< nrrrrrmmiiiiiii hwiiimiib >mmm i umt , \ace in prayer down because "I couldn't consider ^ killing another human being. I'm chicken. I can't kill a life." ? The father was not willing to . r admit the child was his. "I got that impression because he kept asking me if it (the child) was his/' she a said. a b Simpson spent the next six y months in a home for unwed a mothers. During this time, "I was y taught dependency on God for l wisdom and strength to know what o Need a nice Apartr HAMPTON PARK o 1 -2-3 bedroom apa convenient to U .S.< 4427 Blossom ( I Wishful Thinking won't be there ? illT we've got DO( ron't be there ? UT we've got a band the iHFUL THINK Rock 'n Roll Band 50* admission ZHAMPAGNE, BUT we've got 15' from 7*; }JMDAY, IIPT. 2 r The fflmd I DtNRM^tr South BvMl Beer 1 ? do" about the baby. She said she had to deal with her feelings versus doing what was ight." The child was adopted more than year ago, but Simpson has not bandoned her religious beliefs ecause "I know my life before I ras a Christian wasn't very good, nd because I know the only way ou're going to make it is with the x)rd; you can't make it on your wn." nent? ffers luxurious rtments i r* ^ . Call 782-6626 MPRIZCS it's good IHf' DRAFTS 30 - 8x30 19 8-Midnight falian "9 Wine Pizza