After surviving being shot 7 times, Carol Ruth Dreiling now lives near Asheville, NC and is involved with organizations such as the Parents of Murdered Children and Other Survivors of Homicide, Our Voice, a Asheville-based anti-sexual violence and rape crisis intervention center, as well as Helpmate, a local domestic violence advocacy and crisis response organization. Dreiling currently lives with her husband, Pete Whelihan and grows gourmet mushrooms for local restaurants. Healing from Gun Shots is her first book.