Broken - Women, Families, Opioids
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- Opioid addiction is destructive across all demographics. But compared to men, women’s addiction can have more devastating implications. Some children are born addicted, while others face uncertain futures because of addicted mothers. Many children are placed in foster care, but an increasing number are being raised by extended family - further disrupting lives. WQED continues its Emmy© Award winning “Hope after Heroin” project with a compelling new documentary exploring how opioid addiction among women is breaking the family bond and changing the fabric of society.
Original airdate: Nov 29, 2017
The stigma a child takes on when they have an addicted parent is very traumatizing
I'm a 39 year old father. I have custody of my 2 children. They stay with my mom at this time while I too am dealing with my addiction like their mother, the only difference is I still take the time to see them every day- it's been eight years since she decided on her own she didn't want to see them, there is nothing stopping her except herself. They haven't seen their mom or heard from her 1 time in over 7 years, her choice, I haven't kept them from her. My son turned 10 and my daughter turned 15.
Detroit Fetty Ghost: that is a sad story about your children's mother abandoning her children for drugs, but it happens all the time. Better than the mother selling or "renting" her kids for drugs which also happens. For addicts, drugs take first priority always, especially heroin addicts. There is no love stronger than an addict's love for their drugs.
As a single mother and recovering addict the best thing you can do for them is let them know that addiction is just like a illness and unless you see a doctor you have little to no chance to recover, I know it’s frustrating but try not to demonize her and let them understand that her choices to stay away may have been best for everyone until she gets help. I pray that she does get help and I pray that you and your children are blessed because it’s a very hard thing to watch your kids yearn for her presence and that’s something you can’t fix no matter how hard you want to and nothing that’s happened is their or your fault! God bless ❤️
Well done for being there for ur babies x
Always a reason for blessings. The kids have one unaddicted parent.
I'm sorry you're going through that, but like Cece actually mentioned, "let them understand that her choices to stay away may have been best for everyone until she gets help." It's so hard and I'm so sorry you have to do this on your own. I hope you have the support that you need for you and your babies.
Chantel’s uncle crying and rocking that baby had me crying too.
I know right!! I'll tell you, I'd be surprised if there weren't a couple of new women caretakers in those babies lives! Those brothers are such good people, and good looking bachelors! :P
Man Frank and the Grandpa are TRULY amazing men and these children will be blessed in life for the love and care papa and uncle are giving them ❤️ I’m praying for the best for this family 🙏🏽
This woman is very lucky to have two stand up men. I’m very proud of them for taking care of those babies!
Man I was a teenage mother, now I’m a struggling single mother with 5 years of sobriety still trying to get back on my feet in California where the cost of living, gas and food is impossible for people like me to actually have hope for the future! Women like myself are feeling this hopeless and our turning back to those addiction they have been fighting to conquer and I really don’t know how to move forward but this life is worth the pursuit over what I was doing to myself and my children in my addiction! Please pray for me guys and I’m praying for you all as well ❤️🙏🏽
You are doing the damn thing 👏 🙌 I'm a single mother of 3 (I also have my niece full time so u can say mom of FOUR ) I am praying that it gets easier for you. You're strong , this is your testimony that will help someone just like you one day!
@@prettyinink1661 thank you so much love! I wouldn’t give up 1 day of sobriety for a year of addiction, it’s hard but nothing is worse than what I was living! People like you and my kids give me hope and strength so I am beyond thankful 🙌🏽❤️
Cece. Thinking about your struggle. Lost my boy on thanksgiving. Suboxone…it’s your only hope until your brain heals.
I'll be praying for you hun...you are worth it and you are loved. God loves you, I love you and God bless.
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These two men are heroes in my eyes. The mother of the children is trying too. That's the horrible thing with addiction. It's a lifelong disease that can make the sweetest, most caring person do unspeakable things. All she can do is do better, and that's extremely difficult for an addict. It's hard for everyone involved, but children of addicts have it the worst. They didn't ask for this life, and if you're born addicted the odds of you having a normal life go down dramatically. It's not fair. But that's life.
true and also grandpa's wife was an addict so he's used to keeping the family going probably
"Heroes" is the word that came into my mind also. AMAZING men.
your right. some perspecitve is, Chantel was that child, and now the cycle repeats... so feeling sorry for the child, is feeling sorry for her. Her mom and grandma were both addicts. Its such a sad cycle. Just like trauma, its generational.
@@Psm-00 not in my family just me.
Those men are a godsend! Taking care of the little girl like she was his own baby! Hope she got clean!!
These men are amazing...Thank god for families who stick together.My mother stepped up when I was young an on drugs to raise my 9 yr old.I am now 5 years clean and have a baby on the way and raising my 3yr old daughter.I have to remind myself everyday that the way I use to live is a path to destruction and the good time is temporary.I am grateful for the strength to keep moving on without looking back.I won’t forget the pain I endured because it keeps me from going back.
Good for you
So proud of you Stephanie. Your freaking beautiful and strong too! So so proud of you Mommy❤️❤️❤️
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Thank you !!
Fast…Mmmm
Not this pregnant momma.
I got to eat.
But thank you♥️
I want an update on Chantel!!! I am so rooting for her to stay sober and be with her kids, Her Dad and Uncle are amazing men.
I googled her name, city and state and found an arrest record in 2020 for her with opioid drugs
I hope Chantel rebounded quickly. Unfortunately, long-term sobriety is rare. Free will vs. fate? It's debatable.
God saved my husband and myself for 28 years. But I still only have today. One day at a time saves lives.
God bless y’all
I was 16 living in the ghetto when I got pregnant. I NEVER did drugs while I was pregnant with my first or any of my 3 children after. I never even abused drugs because I learned from my mother's mistake. I thank God for the strength and I will never understand how someone could use drugs while having another living being inside of them. I'm sorry. I'm sympathetic for the babies.
That's the question I have been trying to answer for 20 + years and I still do not have an answer to this question. If you can do it, I can do it - saying no to drugs at all costs - then how does anyone have an excuse to lay their hands down and take drugs is beyond me - it's such a terrible excuse for their soles - does any druggie that dies from an over-dose go to heaven? I've seen many druggies get clean - but those that don't and die - terrible.
Thank God for that your dad and uncle ste there for you. I pray your clean now
Frank & Michael - absolute champions! To step up & raise these children, well, I want to tell them how much I'm in total admiration.
DITTO!!
Chantel is very lucky to have such strong support in her dad & uncle.
God bless those 2 men 🙏
her father and uncle are some great men. her uncle is so great with her daughter. it’s really beautiful to see men step up to the plate that way that they have, especially bc they don’t have to. they deserve medals or trophies or something like that. shit almost has me in tears, man… 🙃😭
How awesome that Grandpa and Uncle stepped up. I salute you gentlemen. ❤
So sad to see so many vulnerable women go through the criminal justice system, as they say “you can’t punish pain out of people” Addiction needs to be approached as the serious health issue and not a criminal one.
It's both, often. Unfortunately many addicts do harm others by committing serious offences.
Those brothers make my heart soo happy such love💝
My brother is an addict, as well as his two oldest sons, who are in their 20s. My nephews were raised with addiction between my brother and their alcoholic mother. My nephews have been in and out of jail many times. They are very angry and do not accept help. The future looks bleak.
Baby girl not being blind or
deaf fills my heart with light.
Prayers are certainly not enough
but are part of all that is needed.
I have been clean off heroin for over a year my two older kids were in foster care i just got them back after my 3rd I got my tubes tied thank God there all healthy they were all born addicted also
Good for you! I wish nothing but the best for the future.
I'm happy for you 😊have set and good example 👍4 your children by getting off drugs and loving ❤them more them your self
I'm amazed by how well those 2 men (dad & uncle) keep their home so neat & clean. The kids look clean and healthy. They were so attentive to the kids. God bless them.
Single father of six kids; their mother, an addict, rotting in prison on a murder charge; never thought this would be me.
Good man I know it can't be easy prayers
I hope Chantel is still sober and that her dad and uncle are still fully in the kids’ lives. You can never have too many people who love your kid!
The two brothers are awesome. Two really good people on this earth. God bless 💓 🌷 ☀️ 🏍 👦 🍼 💔
God bless that family!
Michael and Frank are so selfless and amazing!!!! God Bless them, and God Bless and protect Chantel and keep her away from drugs, forever. Amen.
God bless grandad and uncle for looking after them babies, I hope their mum makes a full recovery and re unites with her children,and eventually gets her life back and stays sober.
Outstanding men...
Yeah grandpas and relatives" where is dada!?
@@dedebee2815 they just said he's no where to be found and has no interest either im sure
Micheal and Frank are rockstars! Chantal is fortunate to have such a great family.
When your going through a hard time. Remember the hard times you made it thru. It will give you a boost. Get around negative thinking. Good times and bad times have a reason. Thay are there so you can take something good from them. Everything in life is temporary.
This family seems very close and loving. I really hope they will move on with a life free of drugs. I understand it will be difficult, but they have everything to gain. Those young boys will need their mother. Those uncles are wonderful men. They "stepped-to-the-plate" for those boys. I just hope they continue to work together as a family, and everything works out well. They all deserve some relax time. I wish you all peace.
You are a beautiful person and your father and uncle are full of love. I'm a recovering addict of 10 years. My relationship with my daughter is the important part of my recovery. You Men are so awesome and remember we do recover. We can live a life filled with Hope Faith and Courage. Good luck to all of you
I know they say drug addiction is a disease but let me play devils advocate for a second, how about not even risking addiction and just not even do drugs?!
Not to excuse it, but the majority of addicts start with prescription drugs. Just takes one accident or incident and one doctor prescribing and it can go downhill from there.
I just had to comment what a lovely loving family! Heartwarming
Chantel better be counting her blessings for her family stepping up and caring for her babies
This drug problem It’s so sad especially when the children have to go through this 😭What great men god bless all of you guys especially those little angels 🙏🙏🙏
Thank goodness that the baby girl isn’t blind and deaf, sort yourself out mum and make you children your future and priority but If these children are better off and safer with their grandad and uncle so be it.
God bless these two men 🙏 hope the mother gets clean and reunited with her children ❤
I can't feel sorry for these people because they continue to send lawmakers to Washington DC who are cutting back programs to help stem addiction. Where was this concern when black folk were caught up in the crack epidemic?
That's definitely a good point.
We're all brothers and sisters please stop it.
@@TTrue-dw9ti
No I will not stop telling the truth about how racist the drug laws in the country are as it pertains to black folk in this country. And no, you are not my brother.
@@linddaipauls3584sorry 😞 please 🙏 no I am your sister
Newsflash it wasn't just black people okay it's poor people with no hope for better life and that's sad. We're all brothers and sisters even if you have to divide us
It's heartbreaking to think of the poor children 💔
Chantel is so blessed to have her uncle and I believe dad who stepped up to care for her precious babies. That is rare and it shows their love and commitment to their family getting better as a whole. I wonder if she made it and is living sober today.
I wish all these people and all those others struggling so much love and strength. I get addiction, mine was alcohol. All drugs are awful 😢
That uncle 💙
Hang in there Chantel. You've got this!! 😇🙏❤
God bless those 2 men i wish i would have had that option in my life. ❤️🙏😊
Wow those 2 foster care fathers are amazing
Great Grandpa and Uncle, Keep Believing Chantel...
opioids , ONLY FOR CRONIC PAIN , NO ONE ELSE SHOULD HAVE IT !
Cancer patients especially
Agreed. Some years ago I had an ear infection caused by my horrible habit of scratching the inside of my ears with pointy objects. I had throbbing pain and there was pus coming out, so the doctor prescribed an opioid that made me feel IN HEAVEN. I felt like I was being hugged by a warm cloud of love and serenity. I finished the whole box, even thought it wasn't necessary anymore. Some months later, my mom broke the root of a tooth and the dentist prescribed the same medication after she had surgery. She didn't finish it, though. So I finished it for her. She didn't even notice, because it's common for Brazilians to keep a RIDICULOUSLY BIG amount of medication at home. I swear to God...after 10 pills or so I couldn't feel any effects. That's how fast I built resistance. I didn't need such strong medication. I had already spent 5 days with throbbing pain without taking anything before I went to the doctor.
I've been sober for just over 6 years from shooting heroin which of course started with pain meds, then when the oxycontin boom hit i was doing those, then onto heroin. The only thing that would make me relapse would be seeing one of those green 80's again. But thank God they haven't been made for several years now, but im sure someone has some stored away.
"a disease that is not controllable" that is a terrible terrible thing to say and provides absolutely no hope. IT CAN BE CONTROLLED BUT YOU HAVE TO STOP TAKING DRUGS, most people need help with that for sure. But people need to take responsibility and take back the power that they do have. EVERYONE has the power to say NO!!! Dont you DARE take that from people!!!!
*eyeroll*
I just don’t understand. I know one thing, though. It’s these people who are responsible for the lack of care for patients like me who need these medications. I broke my neck and suffered nerve pain from cancer. I have migraines and there is no relief for me. I’m sick of this.
Great guest list , looking forward in 3 hours SA time will be 8pm lovely after dinner.
Yay ... !!! She can see and hear !!!
Wow!!! Thats just the one word.so many other words Heroes true meaning of Family and Love.
It’s good that they are sharing these videos but aren’t they 20-30 years too late. This could have been stopped along time ago.
i just happened to watch this after watching Mare of Easttown...eerie
I would love to see an update. I've lost many ppl to od and I'm raising my 2 yr old grandbaby for over a year alone.
Grandparents are god sent. I have my 7&8 year old grands…..
Chantel is extremely lucky to have her dad and her uncle to care for her kids with so much love! I hope you get better Chantel, get yourself together so you can reunite while they're still young! You are blessed. Stay strong your babies need their mama 💓 💖 💕
You guys are amazing. Take the kids outdoors with the mum. Do some hunting or whatever. Go back to basics...Good luck
Solid guys
Beautiful the mothers are warriors 🎉❤
These two men are doing a great job raising those two boys and baby girl. They look like they lack for nothing.
Illicit fentanyl epidemic not opiate epidemic! Tell the truth! Kids should not be given OxyContin for sprained ankle, or headaches. Privilege get what ppl with real pain need!
Michel and Frank are my heroes ❣️
What I cannot comprehend is how can you put an addict in a prison when they are not criminals, they need a detox center their problem is in addiction, not Criminal ! so how can you just take away the kids throw them in jail like they murdered somebody this must change for the kids sake! what Mommy needs is to get off drugs not be locked up away like she's a killer , can the government see this or judicial body see this or blind?
The kids are the ones if feel bad for. Their lives are shattered because of these drugs.
Sabrina, please seek help, i can see a beautiful soul inside you. Youve tried rehab, try again. Go with a positive mind and endure. Its not easy but very possible for you to get clean💜🙏
Been there and done it all. But-that was 17 years ago. I have been completely free for 17 years now. And u can be free too! Pls know. Opioids r not the answer to any of ur problems. They r just the beginning of them! And they will solve nothing. U will feel like hell and be in hell! Save ur soul. It can be done. I promise you. Know that u are loved. Get some help. It’s out there. Take the help and run. Run to ur freedom and a whole new life! It’s out there and it is sooo much better! Blessings.
Drug addicted babies, oh how heartbreaking! 🔥🤬🤬
Ty Jesus
Mama, they're always gonna want you. I speak from experience. But now they also have strong male role models to count on. You are a lucky woman.
I wish prisons would get programs in Tennessee. my grandson turns 23 in kept saying only pot grandma...he never listened to anyone its it give you that euphoria and that happened to him sold drugs to support his habit he got hooked on he tell us he sits in a cell while his daughter wonders where her daddy went he come when she cries for him.
Wow these two guys have reinstalled my faith in humanity. The world can be turned around
What about Ibogain? Why dont they offer yhe opioid addicts Iboga
Omg this is just awful i couldnt lose my kids id do anything for them and im an addict well a former addict whatever u may call it...i need my babies i couldnt live without them and i got help and my kids always had what they needed always...soo sad u are given chances to do the right thing is the drug really worth more than your children!!!?? It is sad is right!! I just cant even imagine!! Good for the uncle and dad or whatnot!! Proud of them!!
These women need help love support not prison or jail.so if there going to lock them up lock them up in a rehab facility with support and caring people who can help them.
It is so sad
HOW DOES ONE PLACE A SOLUTION ON PERSONAL CHOICE? ITS LIKE LEGISLATING LOVE. CANT BE DONE.....THIS IS ONE STICKY WICKET. CANT THEY MAKE A PILL THAT MAKES YOU VOMIT WHEN YOU TAKE DRUGS? NEED TO START THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. THIS JUST CANT BE ROCKET SCIENCE.
County commissioner looks like she belongs in some of those centres.
How in the world do these women afford 90 days in rehab at more than $2,000 per day?
Either insurance or the state or charity care
@@taralynntorrescarreralopez1574 $180,000+
It's much easier to get Medicaid (health insurance for the poor) for children. In some states--Republican ones, of course--it's ONLY the children who can get it, while in ones like Washington State, where I live now after about 30 years in Idaho and no insurance. I was just so amazed that they had a program to help poor adults that actually paid for mental health treatment and addiction treatment.
Prior to that time I'd been diagnosing myself, especially my chronic mental health issues, guessing what might be the best drug I could afford, then ordering it from overseas, waiting a month to see if it worked, and if not, I'd listen to the ads on the TV study the Physician's Desk Reference, the Bible of medications for all diseases, and try again.
Because it's actually easier to get Medicaid, at least in liberal states, to pay for both inpatient and outpatient treatment, and for those like me who self-medicate with alcohol and illegal drugs on top of prescriptions, when I wound up in long-term (60-180 days) treatment in the only hospital in the state that took patients like myself, who needed to be treated both for addiction and mental illness--in my case dysthymic depression, a fairly low-level chronic form of depression that shows up for most people in puberty.
Since that was also the time my life was not going well--my parents were on the brink of divorce, my mother was suffering with something, most likely bi-polar illness, which did run in her family. That was during the 1960s, long before there were any anti-depressants or anti-bi-polar medication that were effective. Also, I'd been diagnosed bi-polar myself, since it was the most common diagnosis in alcoholics and addicts. And the medications hadn't worked for me.
Finally, in that hospitalization, probably about my tenth that either was brought about by a suicide attempt or something related to my drug addiction. At that time I had been primarily a heroin IV user from 1971 to the late 1980s. The doctor, who was also an alcoholic in recover and a great doctor at working with the new medications that were coming out. What he told me was, "Of course you have to use opiates, because they dumb your feelings. Your mental illness makes you feel bad all the time, and the only was you can treat that is with drugs that take that horrible feeling away so that you can have a chance to fight your mental health problems."
What I also discovered was that my lifestyle, brought on by my living in the streets as a criminal and thief, set me up for further victimization with PTSD. It had looked like mania but I managed to stay in treatment long enough to do some experimenting to find what worked for me. In the end, it turned out that I needed a major anti-depressant along with an opiate-substitution drug. I have been clean and sober for 14 years, finished up work in a demanding field and retired after my lungs and heart began to give out, along with .
For me to still help others, stay in cardio-pulmonary and physical therapy, this is what I need to do. And I don't allow anyone to shame me or make my decisions for me. When I became pregnant accidentally while on methadone, I was strongly encouraged to terminate the pregnancy, which I did. Many years later I could probably have had a successful pregnancy. The reasons I aborted still were valid, as they I was far from ready to be a mother, especially a single mother.
2000$ a day is not realistic no matter what you've heard. 200$ a day during detox for 5 days is average. Then it cuts down to roughly 100$ a day for the next 14-21 days per day. These are average figures for average rehabs. And Insurance and Grants for the uninsured are available to ALL in America and Canada. Most JUST DONT WANT HELP. I'm 39 and been addicted to heroin for 20 years. I'm still addicted. I've been to rehab 27 times. Rehab does NOTHING unless you 110% already do not want to quit. Sorry to everyone who thinks I'm a jerk but I'm telling the truth which people seem to be allergic to anymore.
@@DetroitFettyghost where here I live, there is only one facility. It WAS $2,000/day 15 years ago. I guess it must be $3000/ day now. I never heard of a $100/day in-patient facility. Can you recommend one?
I hear excuses, and weak will combine this with no support...spells disaster, poor babes
We HAVE to go bavk to holding victims to account. Stay away from pills and syringes. Its REALLY SIMPLE.
Someone give this mom her kids back....tf ive seen mothers way more fucked up with custody and everyone says being a drug addict isn't a reason to take them in wa state.....
Are Drug addicts perhaps selfish? Or is it deeper than that?
Far deeper, addiction is a disease
Not judging these mothers, BUT take precautions, so you DON'T get pregnant. Saving the baby, all this pain and trauma, and the families, and professionals, that have to take all the responsibility.
Take the drugs, as they have a right to decide, but the carnage it leaves behind, is beyond unfair.
Blue cross blue shield sucks for adhd
Ummm, adoption is a good thing otherwise those children are left in foster care while they wait for mom or dad to get sober, most often until they age out. Don't shame the parents who selflessly choose to adopt out their children. The reason we have so many kids in foster care is because of the "mission" of wanting kids and parents kept together. Sure it's ideal but it's not realistic!
I would love to send him a gift card to Walmart
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Remind me again why female drug addicts in prison deserve more sympathy than male ones. Oh that's right, they don't!
FFS ,!! Wake up. They're addicts Yes but they have a SOUL they BREATHE THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS XXX
The suffering of all just so the pharmaceutical shareholders can make money without a care in the world!
Just another selfish woman, abandoning her children. Luckily they are taken care for.
Yes this woman is vary lucky. I just dont understand this . My wife and i were full blown herion addicts. We snorted it the addiction is not as hard but we got pregnant . My wife almost right away got help and we got clean . Thank god my daughter had no symtoms of withdrawals. But what im gettin at is why couldnt she get help . My wife would of killed herself if are baby was messed up due to dope . I hope this woman feels like shitty every single day . She dont deserve those kids .she had 2 other kids she knew how important it is to stay clean . Smfh shes trash sorry but its true. God bless dad and uncle they are good men.
Father and uncle?????? You think s0.*
The grandpa is a boss 👍
VALIUM! THEY ALWYS THROW VALIUM UNDER THE BUS! I HAD VALIUM AROUND ME FOR YEARS! I HAVE SOME IN MY PURSE NOW! I ONLY TAKE 3MG ONCE A MONTH IF THAT.
How do u take 3mg when there’s only 2mg 5mg and 10mg tablets? Sorry don’t understand
What a curse (for the children and for the rest of the community), the most without character and will are who have more offspring. And that is happening all over the world. In China those who are identified as drug addicts and aprehended are quietly "deleted" by the government.