In this episode, I talk about understanding that Addiction is an illness and how we should offer grace to those trying to get clean. I urge addicts to go to NA and AA when or if they are ready to start their recovery and healing journey. I close with a story about my child's father, who, unfortunately, was overtaken by the beast that is drug addiction. I talk about his sacrifice to walk away from being a dad to try to battle his disease. I talked about letting her know that her dad loved her and was sick. My children and I have gone down many roads and have faced many trials, but we have always come out of the storm stronger and better than when we went in. I close with the title of the next 6-part series of season 1, titled Tales of a Teen mom.

In this episode, we cover a lot. We talk about my oldest child's father being on cocaine and how very, very violent he was. We talk about a time when he snatched my daughter and ran with her because I refused to give him back the money that he had given me. We discuss how I was in a tornado, going from one house to another, where there was turmoil, dysfunction from alcohol and drugs. I was trapped and didn't see a way out. I didn't want to tell my grandparents what was going on or how bad it was, so I kept pushing and fighting to survive for myself, my sisters, and now my baby.

In this episode, I pick up about the story of me just fresh out of the hospital from giving birth to my first child, that I am out in the middle of the street fighting a local dealer because he was beating up my brother, who had used the drugs he was supposed to sell. Why people thought it was a good idea to give a drug addict drugs to sell is beyond me. I talk about another time when a guy came to collect a debt that was owed, but my mom was able to calm him down and asked him not to kill my brother. I ask anybody who is listening to the podcast that maybe struggling with addiction to get treatment. They deserve to be healthy and to have a good life and it is possible.