Junkies Holiday Show 2019

Soul Food Junkies | African American Culinary Tradition| Independent Lens | PBS

Hairjunkie Salon

✨This is Crystal’s Story✨ My name is Crystal. I’m 42 and I’m in recovery from alcohol.I grew up in a stable Christian home. After I got married I had difficult pregnancies. I had severe eclampsia and was hospitalized for 3 months with my first child and 6 months on my second. They tied my tubes at 23. I was devastated. I’ve been divorced twice. My second husband was an addict. He physically abused me and I ended up in the hospital one day. The stresses of being a single Mom led to a lot of binge

“Give yourself a chance and get help.” Erika came to Recovery Unplugged seeking addiction treatment after she lost custody of her children. Erika says for her, personal healing was only the first step to rebuilding trust with her kids, and that her sober community helped her understand that repairing relationships with loved ones can be a process for them too. “Before I got sober, Mother’s Day was nonexistent. I wasn’t there. And most of the time my kids didn’t want to see me. Now Mother’s Day m