By drawing on the power of Satan's demons to get what she wanted, Laurie had given them an incredible amount of power over her, so it was literally a life-and-death struggle from that point on to work with God to extricate herself from their clutches. But she and God won.

Laurie's story has a happy ending. It points, however, to a very sad situation. The enemy who entrapped Laurie is still on the loose!