Christin grew up as a military brat moving from one place to another frequently. At eight-years-old, her parents got a divorce and it had a huge impact on her. After the divorce, she moved with her mother and sister to Michigan and the difficult times started. Christin would flip back and forth between her father and mother’s house because she was never really happy with living at either home.
After Christin’s mom got into a serious relationship with a man that Christin didn’t get along with, she began to rebel.
She started having sex at 13 got pregnant by the time she was 14. Knowing that she was too young to have a baby, she had an abortion.
At 15 Christin met a man that she thought was the love of her life. She got married, got her high school diploma, got pregnant, drinking alcohol and had a miscarriage all that same year.
Her husband joined the military and cheated on her while he was in basic training. This proved to be a devastating experience. While still trying to heal from the loss of her child she also had to struggle with infidelity from someone she thought loved her.
The stress and hurt caused Christin to snap. She went after her husband with a butcher knife and had the police were called. She didn’t get arrested but did separate from her husband temporarily.
They eventually tried to work things out by moving to Fort Hood. She was pregnant again within just a few weeks. At nine months pregnant, her husband was dishonorably discharged from the military.
Christin knew it was too much for her and asked her mom to come to help bring her home. After moving she tried to better herself and become the best mother that she could. She had three jobs and was going to school for elementary school education.
The Beginning of Addiction
At 19 years old, Christin started hanging around with the wrong people. She started smuggling crystal meth from Mexico to California. She soon found herself using and becoming addicted. She started dating her dealer and using the drugs that she was delivering to.
At this point, drinking responsibly was the last thing on her mind.
During her addiction, Christin started doing frug deals with a girl who was an informant for the police. For 10 months she was under surveillance. At this point, Christin knew that things were taking a turn for the worst. She was fearful her son would be taken away from her by the state so she gave her parents temporary custody.
At the same time, she found out she was pregnant again. When was arrested, her parents decided that they wouldn’t give her any help because they wanted her to fix things on her own.
She called her parents every day while she was in jail. A week before she was supposed to give birth, they finally decided to help her if she went to rehab. Christin agreed and was able to give birth to her baby outside of jail.
After the baby was born, she went to the rehab facility with her baby. Her family came to visit and determined that it wasn’t an environment they wanted their granddaughter in. They invited Christin to come to their house with their daughter and go to meetings on a regular basis to maintain her sobriety.
Addiction’s Destruction
Christin thought she had a handle on her drug and alcohol addiction, she quickly learned that wasn’t the case.
Even though she had decided that she didn’t want to get into a relationship, she didn’t want to be alone. She started dating a girl from one of her meetings and quickly found herself relapsing. She left her parents house and was living with the girl and her baby.
Her girlfriend was a stripper and at night she would take her baby to a babysitter and leave her there for days on end.
At the strip club, she started manipulating men out of money and eventually robbing them.
She met a man and told him that she didn’t want to be with a woman anymore. He was much older than her and she thought he was the love of her life.
She stopped doing meth for a short time and got pregnant again. She started bringing him around her family and her parents didn’t approve of him. He was the same age as her mother. It turned out that he ended up having a second family.
After that failed relationship, she started dating a very violent man. She couldn’t get help from anyone because they didn’t believe her stories.
She started shooting up to deal with the physical and emotional pain. Her parents stepped in and told her that enough was enough.
Alive and in Recovery
After seeing the condition that she was in, Christin’s sister offered to pay for her to go to rehab to get the help that she needed.
Christin agreed and ended up going to Teen Challenge in Casa Grande. But because she wasn’t ready to make a change in her life, the rehab didn’t work.
Eventually, she decided that she wanted to be able to get help on her own. In October of 2015, she went to Native American Connections to get the help that she needed for recovery from alcoholism.
Unfortunately, she ended up going back with the guy she was with and ended up losing the rights to her other daughter when she was 10 years old.
Her family came to get her, and she started to rebuild her life. She stayed with the people who adopted her first daughter for nine months. Then she was able to get out on her own.
She was able to get the help that she needed and bettered her life. She now gets to see her kids on a regular basis and is rebuilding the relationships that she damaged years ago.
She is now a model, has her own clothing line and is creating the life that she always wanted for herself. She’s grateful for each and every day that she gets to live and breathe free from addiction.
37 comments
Miscarriage, cheating husband and no help from parents in need. No one can imagine the pains of Christin at times. The best thing in Christin life is breathing life free from any addiction
This is really a sad one. She sent through alot all our 9f ignorance but the end is justified, thanks to detox as usual.
This is an emotional story. Sad christin has to go through this pain. It’s really bad.
Christin Story is so emotional and inspirational. Drugs took her family and kids away from her buy I’m so glad she was determined to change and I’m glad she did.
The best thing in Christian life. Addiction is a very bad habit. The addiction of something was taken away from all the family. So if you are addicted to something, then you should try to remove it.
Keep it going Christin! Stay strong for your kids! Your story is an awakening. I hope all who suffers the same, will come forward so that they too can have help and recover from their addiction. It indeed ruins life, but one is a decision away for a better life in the future.
This is very sad. Hearing this I cried. We should stay away from addiction. This is very sad story.
Sorry for the bad experience. Glory be to God for your recovery.
So much went through and at last she gained strength to overcome all the obstacles. Many people have no such courage to face their problems.
There have been several articles restricting pregnant women from drugs and alcohol. Losing one’s beloved child isn’t a good one. Thank God for your recovery.
Kids are negatively affected when their parents divorce. I understand why Christin became an addict. You need to have experienced something similar to understand.
I’m happy that she got all the help she needed and has bettered her life. I also love the fact that she is now rebuilding the damaged relationships she had with her kids. nice one
Sorry for the miscarriage and other losses. It is better you turn to God after this your recovery.
This bad impact of live,loss or even took kids from you Will affect and change your live,and it’s hurt every single mom and Dady also for kids,and i hope you sober permanently
This was a huge life journey for Christin from one bad life situation to another. Good that your sister step in to help. Thanks for your recovery
Sorry for the unpleasant experience. At times things happened to let us trace back our wrong steps.
What addiction does it taking out the best away from people, expecially one kids, family members and atimes even ones health. I do not preach drugs at all
I get get emotional while reading the article .Christin you are such a brave girl who get alone at the time which you needed most. May god give you more power, strength. Best wishes!!
Christian went through a whole lot. I can imagine her preferring the wrong to the right turn. A whole lot of bad choices were made but I’m happy she came out on to all thanks to Detoxtorehab.
Well I am not surprise to hear this. One addiction regardless of what it is takes away everything. It controls and consumes your life that you are willing to do anything, sell anything to keep it going. A sad but true reality.
Addiction will the the better part of one’s life you care isn’t taken. We shouldn’t allow it take our source of joy before we seek real life because some of us claim its because of the children we do drugs
It’s painful seeing our kids taking away from us because of actions we could have guide against. I really am happy seeing you found help, so proud of you
Addiction can take so many things from the Addict, thank God Christin found recovery even after all the pains she had gone through. Detox to rehab thank you for sharing this amazing story of recovery.
What an experience! The challenges she faced at her tender age added more to her addiction trauma. Glad she was finally able to go for rehab and worked on her addiction problem.
Parents are models for their children. Christin doe not have anyone to open up to, she bottled everything in, which resulted to addiction.
This is a very sad one. The advantages of addiction is always more than it’s so called benefits. One should always be careful.
Sincerely, I’m not happy with this story. It’s so pathetic. There’s nothing addiction can’t take from any addict. One should seek help when in addiction.
Parents should be good examples for children. Divorce should be prevented by all means, otherwise it is children that will suffer for it. This is a big lesson for others. Thanks for sharing.
Addiction is really awful and can ruin your life for real. Good that your sister helped you to overcome your addiction. Recovery is still possible always
I love reading detox, they bring real life issues . Christins story is a sad one. She went through a lot.
Addiction empties someone else’s life and achievement. Addiction does more harm than good. May God heal your soul.
Very sorry for the loss of your child. That was a bad experience. Losing ones child is not easy and not a good thing. I pray God should heal your soul.
Christin has really gone through alot, she suffered the result of a divorced parent which exposed her to go into addiction. This is a lesson for everyone, thank you for sharing.
All those trauma made her run into drugs not even looking back. She thought it will help but adding up thank God she’s fine now.
Christin was in a pretty bad shape. After all the miscarriages she had, she can’t even train the child also so he won’t have a bad understanding about life thanks she made it.
That was an emotional story you had there Christin. But in everything give thanks.
Substance abuse never does anybody any good, it takes more from a person than the temporary pleasure it gives. I wouldn’t say I fancied Christin’s life style , but the fact that she was able to overcome addiction and better her life is great.
Addiction breaks family bond. It is necessary to desist from any form of addiction.