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,

Here in this season 1 series 2 episode 7, we will be diving into how my family and I navigated the Crack epidemic. We went from having it all to losing it all. It was as if an explosion had blown up our lives. I recount the first time I saw a table full of what I later learned was cocaine, to home invasions, thefts, and guns being pulled on us as kids. I go into how often we moved around, and at times, not knowing where our mother was during binges. I survived the crack epidemic and have the scars and stories, aka the receipts, to show I made it despite it all.