sentences:  During the 1980s, he cured his drug dependency with the help of a methadone-based therapy which, while successfully detoxifying him, accelerated the progression of the disease, irreversibly paralyzing him from his waist down.At this time, he met his future wife Mina while she was traveling to Rome with her parish.On July 14, 1997, Welby suffered a respiratory insufficiency that left him completely unable to breathe naturally.