See, drugs do bring people together

The Washington Post reports on Ashley Smith's upcomming book. Ashley was the hapless single mom who was taken hostage by the brutal Atlanta "courthouse gunman", Brian Nichols. In it, she reveals that she gave Nichols crystal-meth from her personal stash. After they were both high, she went down the spiritual path, winning him over by reading chapters from "The Purpose Driven Life".

"She writes that she asked Nichols if he wanted to see the danger of drugs and lifted up her tank top several inches to reveal a five-inch scar down the center of her torso _ the aftermath of a car wreck caused by drug-induced psychosis. She says she let go of the steering wheel when she heard a voice saying, "Let go and let God."

The lesson I picked up: those voices in your head from God might be the horn of an oncomming car.

Hostage Gave Meth to Atlanta Fugitive