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‘I was more afraid of being sober than I was of dying’

Former Trenton patient Christine Ankenbauer has participated in 20-plus marathons and has developed an endurance to push through discomfort. But the morning she woke up struggling to breathe, she realized this was something she couldn’t push through — a heart attack.

Young white woman kneels down in a grassy field next to a dog

After overdosing more than 20 times, going to jail for drug use, and almost losing her home, Morgan Ausra started her sobriety journey with the help of Max Schaefer, DO.

Elderly white woman sits in a chair and holds out her arm as a Corewell Health team member checks her blood pressure

She ran 20 marathons — but couldn’t outrun a heart attack

Through a Corewell Health program, value clinics successfully reduced emergency department use by 5.8% from 2023 to 2024.

‘I was more afraid of being sober than I was of dying’

Former Trenton patient Christine Ankenbauer has participated in 20-plus marathons and has developed an endurance to push through discomfort. But the morning she woke up struggling to breathe, she realized this was something she couldn’t push through — a heart attack.

After overdosing more than 20 times, going to jail for drug use, and almost losing her home, Morgan Ausra started her sobriety journey with the help of Max Schaefer, DO.

She ran 20 marathons — but couldn’t outrun a heart attack

Through a Corewell Health program, value clinics successfully reduced emergency department use by 5.8% from 2023 to 2024.

‘I was more afraid of being sober than I was of dying’

Former Trenton patient Christine Ankenbauer has participated in 20-plus marathons and has developed an endurance to push through discomfort. But the morning she woke up struggling to breathe, she realized this was something she couldn’t push through — a heart attack.

After overdosing more than 20 times, going to jail for drug use, and almost losing her home, Morgan Ausra started her sobriety journey with the help of Max Schaefer, DO.

She ran 20 marathons — but couldn’t outrun a heart attack

Through a Corewell Health program, value clinics successfully reduced emergency department use by 5.8% from 2023 to 2024.

‘I was more afraid of being sober than I was of dying’

Former Trenton patient Christine Ankenbauer has participated in 20-plus marathons and has developed an endurance to push through discomfort. But the morning she woke up struggling to breathe, she realized this was something she couldn’t push through — a heart attack.

After overdosing more than 20 times, going to jail for drug use, and almost losing her home, Morgan Ausra started her sobriety journey with the help of Max Schaefer, DO.