Thera Bullock began using meth at 19 years old; she started using it because her husband did.

"The first time I tried it I was hooked," Bullock said. "I kind of felt like if I couldn't beat him, join him. My attitude was also like, I'm going to show him that he can walk away, that he don't have to do this."

By the time Bullock was 23, her meth use had ruined her life. She was homeless and two of her three children were taken away by the state. Finally, she and her husband were arrested while driving with a near-complete meth lab in the truck.

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