Addiction affects everyone of us, especially the suffering children of our Ladies, who are too young to understand why Mommy can’t come home, why Mommy is behind the glass, why Mommy stays so far away, etc.  The children of these mothers rarely have a chance to enjoy a normal childhood, being shuffled from one living environment to another, often being sexually or physically abused themselves, being bullied and ridiculed because of their family situations. Discouraged, then isolating, falling into deep depression, they more often than not, are trapped into substance abuse addiction just like their mothers.

The money we as a country spend on social services, counseling, programming, rehabilitation centers, etc. won’t last forever; the need for these services will, unless we intervene and reduce this vicious cycle.