CABRERA: In a new episode of "This Is Life" with Lisa Ling, Lisa looks at the world of benzodiazepine and uncovers the troubling threat these drugs pose when used long-term and the challenges facing patients who try to quit. Here's a preview.</s>LISA LING, CNN HOST, "THIS IS LIFE": This is micro-tapering, and it looks like something out of high school chemistry. Portioning out the correct amount of medication over four daily doses, while cutting back 1/100 of a milligram each day. (on camera): My, god, this seems like such a daunting process.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This way of tapering has helped me lose my symptoms.</s>LING: How do you track your taper?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I keep a record in this notebook. I started here, July 30th of 2017.</s>LING: I see you've written "hold" a number of times on some of these pages. What does that mean?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My symptoms were escalating, and to feel safe, I just would not make a cut in my dose that day.</s>LING: Is there any room for error in this at all?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: None, no. Really, to me, it's a life-or-death mistake. I just don't want to go back to that place again.</s>CABRERA: Catch the all-new episode Sunday night 10:00 Eastern and Pacific here on CNN. Now, after President Trump urges two foreign powers to look into one of his 2020 rivals, there's been a deafening silence from many Republicans on Capitol Hill. We'll take a look at the fault line within the party, next.
New Episode Of "This Is Life" With Lisa Ling Premieres Sunday Night At 10:00 P.M.