Chapter Two: Addiction, Heartbreak & the Fight for Myself

In this brutally honest and deeply emotional episode, Erica continues her story — moving from childhood survival into the storm of her adult life: addiction, marriage, betrayal, collapse… and the long road back.

She opens up about the complexities of a relationship that brought both beautiful children and unbearable pain, about trying to love and be loved while silently drowning in trauma, and about the dark spiral of alcoholism, self-destruction, and suicidal despair that nearly took her life.

And yet — this isn’t where the story ends.

This is the chapter of breaking. Of losing herself, nearly losing everything… and beginning to fight her way back.

🔻 This episode explores:

• Falling in love with a man who mirrored her past
• Living through emotional and physical abuse
• Struggling with alcohol relapse, rehab, and breakdowns
• A near-death hospitalization that became a turning point
• The power of her children’s love — and the moment she chose to live

Erica doesn't hold back. This is the hardest part of her story to tell — but also the most important. Because if you're in the thick of it, if you're standing in the wreckage of what your life used to be… this episode is for you.

There is still time. You are still worthy. And you are never, ever alone.

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