MOESBURG, Ok. — 

Local type 1 diabetic Chelsea Brewer has made the decision to come clean. After years of insulin dependence, she is finally saying “no” to insulin and starting her path to soberness. 

“One day, I just realized that I am way too dependent on insulin. I don’t need it to be happy,” Brewer said. “And that was when my journey began.” 

“I was weaning myself off of it, and then I was like ‘why don’t I just quit cold-turkey?’ So I did, and boy, am I going through terrible withdrawal symptoms! I’m so thirsty, I need to pee all the time, and I keep throwing up. My mind is so foggy right now, like, I can hardly keep straight my thoughts and prayers and…” Brewer proceeded to pass out on the floor. 

As of publishing time, Brewer is in the Intensive Care Unit at a local hospital being treated for diabetic ketoacidosis.