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.

In this episode, I speak more about how I navigated growing up with my mom and really only parent addicted to crack cocaine in the 80's that would continue for more than 4 decades. I speak about a time when my aunts were discussing possible involvement of child services because my mom had been missing for days, so to keep that from happening, I walked the streets of Brooklyn looking for her, going to known drug spots and areas that other drug addictes frequnted in hopes of finding her and bringing her home so that we wouldn't go into foster care. As I have stated, although this is theraputic it is also heartbreaking and inspiring because we made it to the other side, and I believe if you are listening and are dealing with addiction, you and your family can make it to better times. I will be honest, it will be painful and will take hard work, but it is possible.

In this episode, I discuss why I named this series There's a crack in this house. I speak about talking to my mom about her drug addiction and how, although it's healing, it is very emotional. I ask for Grace to be given to my mom and me during this series. None of us is perfect. I forgave my mom a long time ago, and she has forgiven herself and apologized to me for everything we went through. Drug addiction is a disease, and it takes time and a willingness to want to be clean and drug-free. I send prayers to anyone who is dealing with drug addiction in their lives and in their families,