A daughter's death in Iraq still haunts family

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<snip>On the kitchen counter of the Zasadny house, two prescription bottles sit side by side, one for Paula and the other for Mike Zasadny, Paula's husband and the stepfather Holly called "Daddy." Those translucent tubes contain 10-milligram pills, antidepressants called Lexapro.

The daily doses are out of necessity.

Once, when Mike skipped a few days of pills, he found himself inexplicably crying on the phone to his wife. If Paula skips a day, sleep does not come and tears are constant.

But this is progress. No longer must Paula also rely on Xanax to ease her anxiety. No longer does Mike need bottle after bottle of Budweiser. snip

"I always told Holly, if that's what she wanted to do, I would back her up 100%," Mike said. "It still bothers me."